Job Description
Role: DBA – Azure SQL
Location: Hybrid – mainly home based with very occasional travel to HQ in the South of the UK.
Salary: £38,000 + a comprehensive range of Employee Benefits.
Key Skills: Azure SQL, Azure DevOps, SQL as a Service
Why Apply: This role joins an existing DBA Team working on the enhancement of a range of Applications and their associated API’s in a large UK Police Force. The DBA will carry out BAU tasks includes investigating data issues, data manipulation, back-up, availability, capacity, storage etc, as well as project-based tasks around the transition to the new DevOps platform and support the transition away from Oracle to Azure SQL.
In addition to joining a great team of people there is great scope for career development in this UK Police Force.
Our Client: This is a great time to join our Client, they are a technology driven UK Police Force providing critical services at a local level and they have exciting technology plans in the pipeline providing opportunity for all IT team members to get access to learning. Working in a large UK Police Force is a unique and rewarding career. This is your chance to take on a fulfilling role that improves and supports the delivery of critical services to local communities.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:
Essential:
- 2+ years DBA experience surrounding investigating data issues
- Strong verbal and written communication skills to liaise confidently across the team and stakeholders
- Azure SQL experience
- Certified in MS SQL 2016/2019 and experience with SQL as a Service, (subscription based)
Desirable:
- Any Oracle DBMS experience would be highly desirable
- Experience gained in a highly regulated sector such as Emergency Services or Financial Services such as Banking
** You will need to be able to demonstrate that you have lived and worked in the UK for the last 5 years in order to meet the security vetting required for this role **