Job Description Main Duties and Responsibilities: Responsible as part of a team for day-to-day management of the SQL Estate including ensuring service availability for all SQL Services, fully operational Failover Clusters and Availability. Responsible as part of a team for the Database backups and restorations in line with contractual requirements. Follow policies, standards, procedures and rules in order to administer the database environment Management of SQL Monitoring, DB Performance and Stability to minimise any database downtime Build SQL Servers \ Services in accordance to end users information needs. Test, and administer database security procedures and recovery procedures Liaise directly with the customer to resolve issues in a timely manner. In addition to the above duties and responsibilities the post holder must be prepared to undertake such additional duties which may result from changing circumstances, but which may not of necessity change the general character or level of responsibility to the post. Please note that this job description is subject to ongoing review as new demands and best working practices are considered, agreed and implemented.