Senior SQL Database Administrator - Northampton
- Recruiter
- Opus Energy
- Location
- Northampton
- Salary
- 40000.00 - 50000.00 GBP Annual
- Posted
- 17 Jan 2017
- Closes
- 19 Jan 2017
- Sectors
- Admin, Secretarial & PA
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Senior SQL Database Administrator
Northampton
GBP40,000-GBP50,000 DOE + 10% Performance Bonus & Benefits
Opus Energy is a leading independent supplier of gas and electricity to businesses all over the UK. With over 250,000 customers and circa 900 employees spread across modern offices in Oxford and Northampton, we're a dynamic and innovative organisation. Additionally, our inclusive culture with employee engagement activities and exciting development opportunities make Opus Energy a great place to work. We offer a highly competitive salary, excellent work/life balance and a benefits package that includes a performance related bonus, private medical insurance, pension and a further flexible benefits package.
Due to continued growth we are looking to recruit a Senior SQL Database Administrator to join our team in Northampton. Working in a Matrix management environment the successful candidate will be responsible for the support, maintenance and development of Opus Energy's growing SQL environment.
As an experienced SQL DBA with a flexible approach to work and a positive attitude, you will be assigned to multi-disciplined project teams to work towards delivering new systems and functionality in a rapidly growing and fast-paced environment. This role will be responsible for preparing trend analysis reporting on SQL server performance and also for the maintenance of databases including backups and patches. Working closely with the IT Development team you will be involved in the refresh, rebuild and testing of SQL environments, providing expertise as required.
The successful applicant will have a considerable level of experience as an SQL DBA and an excellent all round understanding of Microsoft SQL Server stack. You will also possess working knowledge of clustering technologies, SQL Server Reporting Services and Transact-SQL programming. A background and experience of tuning indexes, database/data warehouse design principles and ETL processes, would be extremely advantageous.
If this sounds of interest and you're keen to develop your career within a company with 'Best Companies Star Status', please apply today!
You may have experience of:
SQL, ITIL, TDE, Service Broker, SQL Server, SAN Technologies, SSAS administration, SQL DBA, etc.