Expired
Company:
Telefónica Tech
Location: London
Closing Date: 19/10/2024
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description
Telefónica Tech
(part of the Telefónica Group) is a leading NextGen Tech solutions provider with a highly diversified team of over 6,000 exceptionally skilled employees and +60 nationalities.
We serve more than 5.5m customers every day in over 175 countries, with a global ecosystem of market-leading partners. Global strategic hubs: Spain, Brazil, the UK, Germany. The Telefónica Tech UK&I hub has an end- to-end portfolio of market leading services and develops integrated technology solutions to accelerate digital transformation through: Cloud, Data & AI (Adatis), Enterprise Applications (Incremental), Workplace Services and Cyber Security & Networking.
Values:
Open, Trusted and Bold
We don’t believe hiring is a tick box exercise, so if you feel that you don’t match the job description 100%, but would still be a great fit for role, please get in touch.
Trusted Partners: Microsoft:
Top 3 Service Providers, Azure Expert Status, Fastrack & Inner Circle Partner HPE:
Platinum Partner – FY23 UK&I Solution Provider of the Year Palo Alto & Crowdstrike:
part of our NextDefense Cyber Security Portfolio Fortinet:
Elite VIP Program – one of only 2 in the UK AWS:
Advanced Solution & Managed Service Provider Program
Job Description You'll be working, collaborating, and socialising with your colleagues across all three of our offices in the UK, Bulgaria, and India. There will be a need to work outside of the normal office hours occasionally, but this can be remotely (from your home) and of course, this time will be recognised and rewarded. As a Senior SQL Database Administrator, you will provide ongoing delivery and support for well-recognised clients worldwide. You will be part of the DBA support team, that will deliver a first-class service to our clients. You will be communicating regularly with technical, applications and operational colleagues to ensure database integrity, security, and performance. Your responsibilities will include: Establishing the access needs and security requirements of users and managing them. Identifying SQL database/instance performance optimisations. Performing SQL Server patching and support customer release deployment activities and upgrades. Writing database & client documentation, including procedures and definitions for customer environment specifics. Monitoring the customer environments via our monitoring tools and able to identify & troubleshoot the associated alerts. Ensuring that database maintenance procedures are functioning correctly. Carrying out capacity planning and provisioning of SQL Server instances or databases. Identifying cost optimisation opportunities for clients. Managing the HA and DR aspects of SQL Server. Providing custom solutions to clients and identifying the client needs. Acting as level 3 support for the DBA team and available for 24x7 coverage.
Qualifications SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS 5+ years of experience working in similar roles. Experience working in SQL Server Production Environments and managing critical situations. Experience working with SQL Server FCI & AlwaysON , troubleshooting & configuration. Experience and troubleshooting backups, restore and database maintenance activities. Familiarity with T-SQL scripting. Understanding query tuning concepts and identifying performance bottlenecks. Understanding the SQL Server setup, storage and best practices. Knowledge of the SQL Server data structures. Knowledge of the SQL Server architecture and database design/layout. Strong written and spoken English. Problem-solving skills and ability to think analytically. Willingness to learn based on feedback. Ability to identify opportunities and issues in SQL Server environments. Ability to work independently and as a part of a team. Ability to help plan tasks for less experienced team members and to support and mentor
Additional Information Nice to Have: Experience working with Azure SQL Databases and Azure SQL Managed Instance. Knowledge of the Azure Infrastructure & Azure Backup Services. Basic concepts of Azure DevOps. Experience of other databases including but not limited to CosmosDB, Postgres, MySQL Experience of SQL Server Migrations to the public cloud
We don’t believe hiring is a tick box exercise, so if you feel that you don’t match the job description 100%, but would still be a great fit for role, please get in touch.
SQL - SQL DBA - Database Admin - Database Administrator - DBA - Azure - SQL Database Administrator
(part of the Telefónica Group) is a leading NextGen Tech solutions provider with a highly diversified team of over 6,000 exceptionally skilled employees and +60 nationalities.
We serve more than 5.5m customers every day in over 175 countries, with a global ecosystem of market-leading partners. Global strategic hubs: Spain, Brazil, the UK, Germany. The Telefónica Tech UK&I hub has an end- to-end portfolio of market leading services and develops integrated technology solutions to accelerate digital transformation through: Cloud, Data & AI (Adatis), Enterprise Applications (Incremental), Workplace Services and Cyber Security & Networking.
Values:
Open, Trusted and Bold
We don’t believe hiring is a tick box exercise, so if you feel that you don’t match the job description 100%, but would still be a great fit for role, please get in touch.
Trusted Partners: Microsoft:
Top 3 Service Providers, Azure Expert Status, Fastrack & Inner Circle Partner HPE:
Platinum Partner – FY23 UK&I Solution Provider of the Year Palo Alto & Crowdstrike:
part of our NextDefense Cyber Security Portfolio Fortinet:
Elite VIP Program – one of only 2 in the UK AWS:
Advanced Solution & Managed Service Provider Program
Job Description You'll be working, collaborating, and socialising with your colleagues across all three of our offices in the UK, Bulgaria, and India. There will be a need to work outside of the normal office hours occasionally, but this can be remotely (from your home) and of course, this time will be recognised and rewarded. As a Senior SQL Database Administrator, you will provide ongoing delivery and support for well-recognised clients worldwide. You will be part of the DBA support team, that will deliver a first-class service to our clients. You will be communicating regularly with technical, applications and operational colleagues to ensure database integrity, security, and performance. Your responsibilities will include: Establishing the access needs and security requirements of users and managing them. Identifying SQL database/instance performance optimisations. Performing SQL Server patching and support customer release deployment activities and upgrades. Writing database & client documentation, including procedures and definitions for customer environment specifics. Monitoring the customer environments via our monitoring tools and able to identify & troubleshoot the associated alerts. Ensuring that database maintenance procedures are functioning correctly. Carrying out capacity planning and provisioning of SQL Server instances or databases. Identifying cost optimisation opportunities for clients. Managing the HA and DR aspects of SQL Server. Providing custom solutions to clients and identifying the client needs. Acting as level 3 support for the DBA team and available for 24x7 coverage.
Qualifications SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS 5+ years of experience working in similar roles. Experience working in SQL Server Production Environments and managing critical situations. Experience working with SQL Server FCI & AlwaysON , troubleshooting & configuration. Experience and troubleshooting backups, restore and database maintenance activities. Familiarity with T-SQL scripting. Understanding query tuning concepts and identifying performance bottlenecks. Understanding the SQL Server setup, storage and best practices. Knowledge of the SQL Server data structures. Knowledge of the SQL Server architecture and database design/layout. Strong written and spoken English. Problem-solving skills and ability to think analytically. Willingness to learn based on feedback. Ability to identify opportunities and issues in SQL Server environments. Ability to work independently and as a part of a team. Ability to help plan tasks for less experienced team members and to support and mentor
Additional Information Nice to Have: Experience working with Azure SQL Databases and Azure SQL Managed Instance. Knowledge of the Azure Infrastructure & Azure Backup Services. Basic concepts of Azure DevOps. Experience of other databases including but not limited to CosmosDB, Postgres, MySQL Experience of SQL Server Migrations to the public cloud
We don’t believe hiring is a tick box exercise, so if you feel that you don’t match the job description 100%, but would still be a great fit for role, please get in touch.
SQL - SQL DBA - Database Admin - Database Administrator - DBA - Azure - SQL Database Administrator
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