Role: Contract SQL DBA

Length: 3 Months

Rate: Negotiable

Location: Southampton/ Remote

IR35 Status: Inside

RESPONSIBILITIES/TASKS:

• Maintenance, support, and administration of production MS SQL database servers.
• Monitoring and improving system performance to ensure availability and performance of databases and associated applications and interfaces.
• Modification and manipulation of large volume Live transactional data for company and customer use within databases.
• Provide database design and solution support to the development team.
• Implementation and release of database changes.
• Ensuring that the database servers continue to operate under PCI-DSS requirements.

Essential Skills / Attributes Required

• Strong experience in a SQL centric role (any versions from 2008 onwards).
• Experience of working on large volume Live production systems.
• In depth SQL Server skills including:
• performance tuning,
• high availability,
• database configuration and management,
• applying database security practices.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Able to communicate with both technical and non-technical colleagues & customers.
• Strong analytical thinking.
• Well-presented and articulate in talking to customers.
• Flexibility and ability to adapt to change.
• Works well under pressure.
• Works well with developers to resolve issues.
• Provides reasoned advice to colleagues on database development and support.
• Innovative in developing database support functions.

Additional Skills preferred.

• Experience using SQL Server Availability Groups or Database Mirroring.
• Good understanding of Microsoft Networking and Windows Server (especially Clustering).
• Experience using SSAS / SSRS / SSIS.
• Experience using T-SQL skills including query optimisation.