Database Administrator (DBA) in Cirencester

Are you ready to chart your own career path? With our refreshed strategy, we’re building on our rich heritage and transforming our business to be more scalable and efficient, unlocking the capabilities needed for future success. This includes significantly investing in technology, streamlining the way we work and creating an environment where colleagues feel engaged, empowered and accountable; where they can show up, speak up and perform - because we believe in the difference our work makes.

At a glance:

• Location: Cirencester Office
• Workplace Type: Hybrid
• Employment Type: Permanent
• Seniority: Mid-Senior Level

The role:

Database Administrators play a critical role in the success of providing our community with a performant, reliable database platform and are called upon to design and support the right solutions for the business needs. Beyond providing high standards of service and general support, they must effectively work in a consultative role for each project to make recommendations on the appropriate solution, to improve performance of the platform and to plan proactively for both internal and user driven changes and growth. The role requires a high degree of self-management, proactivity and positivity with regard to delivering internal objectives, take personal accountability, strong communication and technology acumen. Continual knowledge transfer, training and mentoring of less knowledgeable staff is expected.

Who we’re looking for:

A proactive and meticulous person who is passionate about delivering reliable, high-performing database solutions. You’ll be someone who thrives on solving complex technical problems, while maintaining high standards of quality, security, and resilience across our estate. With a natural curiosity and commitment to continuous learning, you’ll stay ahead of emerging technologies and contribute ideas that help us evolve. You will be able to build strong relationships, confidently engage with technical and non-technical team members. You’ll be trusted to work independently, take ownership of your workload, and support others through mentoring and knowledge sharing—bringing a positive, can-do attitude to everything you do.

What you’ll be doing:

• Implementation of automated backup, restore and verification process for all critical databases.
• Ensuring availability and performance of the databases that support the system.
• Ensure associated hardware resources allocated to the databases and to ensure high resilience and performance tuning.
• To work with all members of Technology Operations, particularly Cloud Ops Engineers, Cyber, Infrastructure Engineers and other areas such as Solution Architects, Application Developers and Project teams to design the infrastructure for applications.
• Assess and deliver change for projects (internal to Technology Operations and to the wider business) – particularly complex change.
• To provide guidance and support to other members of the team, enabling their technical development.
• Recommend and deliver cost savings and cost-effective solutions.
• Maintain the cybersecurity stance of our IT infrastructure.
• Identify areas for automation and deliver automated functions.
• Demonstrate at least 3 years of Microsoft practical experience supporting SQL workloads.
• Experience of developing and managing reports with tools such as SSRS, PowerBI.
• At least 3 years’ experience of supporting Enterprise infrastructure including networks, firewalls, load balancing and Active Directory.
• Experience with PowerShell.
• Familiarity with data warehousing concepts.
• Managing or working within hybrid-cloud enterprise level configurations.
• Experience with SQL database security and backup principles and services.
• Good understanding of database workload monitoring services/products to leverage monitoring and event capabilities to trigger appropriate reactions desired.
• Understanding of BAU maintenance activity is performed to the standard and timeliness required.
• Knowledge of other database technologies such as RDS Oracle, MySQL, Redshift etc.
• Understanding of High-Availability and Disaster recovery based workloads.

The successful candidate will be highly technical, analytical and is comfortable in a fast-paced environment.

What’s in it for you?

We reward you for the work you do, whether that’s through our discretionary annual bonus scheme that reflects both personal and company performance, competitive annual leave allowance (28 days plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase an additional 5 days), or online rewards platform with a variety of discounts. We also have benefits to support whatever stage of life you are in, including:

• Competitive parental leave (26 weeks full pay).
• Private medical insurance (optional taxable benefit).
• 10% non-contributory pension (increasing with length of service).

Reasonable Adjustments

We’re an equal opportunities employer and want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible and inclusive for all, if you require reasonable adjustment(s) at any stage please let us know by emailing us at careers@sjp.co.uk. Research tells us that applicants (especially those from underrepresented groups) can be put off from applying for a role if they do not meet all the criteria or have been on an extended career-break. If you think you would be a good match for this role and can demonstrate some transferable experience please apply, regardless of whether you tick every box.

What’s next?

If you’re excited about this role and believe you have the skills and experience we’re looking for, we’d love to hear from you! Please submit an application by clicking ‘apply’ below and our team will be in touch.

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