Bet365 Stoke-On-Trent, England, United Kingdom
Production Database Administrator
A Production Database Administrator, who will be responsible for maintaining the day-to-day availability of all database servers.
The Production Database department predominantly works on SQL Server, PostgreSQL and Spanner database servers, including On-Premises and Cloud, whilst utilising high availability features.
In this role, every millisecond counts in the running of the website and our systems. Working in a hugely demanding data environment with thousands of transactions taking place every second, the opportunities to develop as a data professional within our Company are second to none.
The day-to-day work is interesting, challenging and fast paced amidst a hardworking and delivery focused Company ethos. We hire people with a broad set of technical skills who are ready to tackle some of technology’s greatest challenges.
You will be providing office cover on a shift pattern as determined by the Business, ensuring 24/7 support. Office cover hours may vary depending on prevailing sports.
This role is eligible for inclusion in the Company’s hybrid working from home policy.
Preferred Skills, Qualifications and Experience
* Commercial experience of the following database technologies; SQL Server and PostgreSQL.
* Experience of SQL Server high availability features including replication, CDC, extended events and log shipping.
* Strong knowledge of Windows failover clustering and Powershell.
* Experience of large databases in a high concurrency and throughput environment.
* Experience with systems in an environment with varied complex applications and database architectures.
* Strong performance monitoring and troubleshooting skills.
* Strong communication and presentation skills.
* Ability to interact with all levels of stakeholders in a professional, diplomatic and tactful manner.
* Experience with managing commercial IT infrastructure and database.
* Ability to work in a fast-paced environment on multiple projects with independent deadlines and deliverables.
Main Responsibilities
* Being responsible for day-to-day availability of all database servers, ensuring high performance and availability of the databases that support the Business systems in a 24/7 environment.
* Being responsible for QA of all UAT and production database releases, deployment of fit for purpose code to UAT and Live, driving all requests through the process to completion and having end to end ownership, ensuring Business standards are followed.
* Following and improving internal processes to ensure accurate and consistent database processes are carried out for production database requests with the support for operational deployments, business intelligence and analytical reporting requirements.
* Contributing to the implementation and maintenance of a cohesive and consistent approach to system monitoring, ensuring that both software and hardware KPI’s are reviewed to achieve the Business goals.
* Responding to and resolving ad hoc requests as required to meet Business and end user requests.
* Monitoring and reporting on activity and trends on the database servers and databases to senior management, to enable a capacity planning strategy to be employed.
* Reporting, monitoring and maintaining a backup strategy for databases.
* Setting up and upgrading installation of all database servers, ensuring that the correct hardware configuration, covering disk and storage requirements are in place to provide high availability, scalability and optimum performance.
* Managing database security, ensuring that the correct policies are adhered to and reviewed in line with the Company’s regulatory procedures.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Information Technology
Industries
* Gambling Facilities and Casinos
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