Database Administrator

MS SQL Server Database Administrator

MS SQL Server Database Administrator - (Full Time) - £37,511 - £44,130 (dependent on experience) – Hybrid working.

Our growing Technology team plays a key role in ensuring OS is at the cutting edge of geospatial capability and is looking for people to join them. Its mission is to work across the business to provide customer centric design and technology services.

Join us and you’ll have an opportunity to make an impact. To empower projects that deliver real-world benefits across Britain and internationally. To hear our customers say they could not have done it without us. And to be central to OS’s vision: to be recognised as world leaders in geospatial services; creating location insight for positive impact.

About the role  

As an MS SQL Server Database Administrator with experience, you will join our highly motivated and supportive DBA Team, where the role will involve the following.  

• Security – Build and maintain making sure that best practice is set and adhered to with documentation to support

• Backup – Plan, implement and execute procedures for backup and recovery

• Monitoring – Monitoring at scale is intended with up to a thousand databases located in both Ordnance Survey data centre and Azure Cloud

• Performance – Tuning is required for both our on-prem databases and Azure cloud

• Cost Optimisation – Always looking to remove waste and reduce cost

• Communication – Being proactive is key to build and maintain relationships with customers and those that you will work with

Ordnance Survey Technology team is working to develop the next generation of cloud-based systems, that drive our world leading geospatial and business applications. This will provide great learning and career development where you will play a key role in finding opportunities to improve performance and reduce cost. 

Here is a snapshot of the technologies that we use. 

• MS SQL Server, SCOM, Nagios, SSMS, Tenable, Azure, Ansible, PowerShell

What we’re looking for

If you are interested in joining a team that lies at the heart of what Ordnance Survey is about, we are looking for someone that can demonstrate essential skills and experience in 

• MS SQL Server versions 2012 to 2019

• T-SQL and database administration tools

• Microsoft SQL Server and high availability for both on-prem and Azure

• Upgrades, Recovery, Security, Patching and Performance

• Evidence of proposing or implementing efficiency improvements

• Great investigative and problem-solving skills

• Ability to prioritise tasks and deliver to deadlines

 Skills in the following would be advantageous

• Knowledge of SSIS, SSRS

• Oracle WebLogic server installation and maintenance

• Knowledge of Databases running PostgreSQL and PostGIS

• Skills in Oracle Database, RAC and Oracle OEM 13c

• Familiar with RMAN, RMAN Catalog, ASM, Dataguard

• SQLNet and Connection configuration, understanding of firewalls and RAC scan configuration

• Linux to Administrative level

The Rewards

We want you to love what you do. That is why our benefits package rewards a job well done. Check out how we support and invest in our