Description
SQL DBA/MS SQL/Powershell/Sybase ASE/Unix/Linux/Database/Administrator
As MS SQL Server Database Administrator you will be part of the 16-strong Database Team within the Data Centre Technical Services Group. Your primary responsibility will be to provide technical database support across a multi-platform infrastructure (Windows, Oracle Solaris and Red Hat Linux).
You should have at least five years' MS SQL Server experience (ideally Certified). You must also have a strong track record in writing and installing scripts for database administration tasks, such as backups and capacity monitoring.
We would also expect you to have the following core technical skills:
- Strong MS SQL product knowledge.
- Building severs and databases to global standards
- Write technical documents
- Extensive performance & tuning experience
- An understanding of fault-finding database client connectivity
- An understanding of database security and auditing
- An understanding of network, concurrent access and locking issues.
- An understanding of database logging and recovery and how to recover from the various failure scenarios.
Nice to have skills:
- A basic understanding of Sybase ASE 15 in a multi-platform (UNIX and Linux) environment.
- Unix Shell Scripting
- Powershell Scripting
- Experience performing server consolidation
- Administration of databases in a Storage Area Network environment
- Exposure to Oracle