Build the Future of Database Technology!
Sopra Steria is developing a brand-new, next-generation Managed Service, replacing a sophisticated legacy Enterprise infrastructure with a highly automated, scalable, and secure environment. This greenfield project is a unique opportunity to work with pioneering database technologies in a Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) environment, supporting key COTS applications such as MECM, WSUS, and SCOM.
We are looking for experienced SQL Database Administrators who thrive in high-performance environments, ensuring databases are resilient, secure, and optimised for scalability.
What you will be doing:
* Working on a pioneering greenfield infrastructure project.
* Bring hands-on experience with pioneering database technology.
* Design from the ground up.
* Training in the latest database innovations.
* Administering, optimising & securing SQL databases in a critically important environment.
* Designing & implementing database high availability (HA) & disaster recovery (DR) solutions.
* Ensuring performance tuning, monitoring, and troubleshooting to maintain operational excellence.
* Supporting & maintaining COTS applications reliant on SQL, including MECM, WSUS, and SCOM.
* Applying security best practices to protect database integrity and prevent vulnerabilities.
* Leading backup & recovery strategies to ensure data resilience.
What Youll Bring:
* Proven expertise in SQL Database Administration.
* Solid experience with SQL / DB Clustered Instances.
* Understanding of database security & best practices.
* Eligibility for SC Clearance or willingness to obtain DV Clearance.
It would be great if you had:
* High Availability & Disaster Recovery (HA/DR) expertise.
* Experience with MariaDB & other database platforms.
* Database security auditing & compliance knowledge.
* Sophisticated troubleshooting & problem-solving skills.
Not sure if your experience is an exact match? No problem! If you're passionate about groundbreaking database technology and innovative IT solutions, we encourage you to apply wed love to hear from you!
Shape the future of enterprise database solutions Apply today!
Employment Type: Permanent
Location: Farnborough - 5 days onsite with some flexibility.
Security Clearance Level: eligibility for SC clearance, must be eligible for DV.
Internal Recruiter: Lee
Salary: £54,000 per annum
Benefits: £5,400 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund.
Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if youre interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.
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Our Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions that bring clients enduring business value across the UKs Public and Private sectors. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported, delivering exceptional rates of customer satisfaction in the UKs most sophisticated safety- and security-critical markets.
We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We havepartnered withVercida, the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format.
If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us knowwhen completingyour application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.