We’ve got a position available for a database administrator

Company: Porcupine Union

Purpose of position:

Safeguard, optimize, and ensure the availability of enterprise databases by managing performance, security, compliance, and high‑availability across on‑premises and cloud environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Performing database maintenance including backups, restoring databases from various recovery models, indexes, and statistics
• Testing and implementation of all upgrades when required, reproducing issues and reporting it to all relevant parties
• Creating and maintaining documentation of guidelines, policies, and other database details
• Maintaining security and access control related to the databases as well as related applications, following protocols, recommending, and implementing new security rules
• Maintaining database architecture and schemas as well as ensuring data consistency (DBCC CHECK)
• Troubleshooting issues with data and processes, identifying the origin, and providing support to resolve issues – either server related, or isolated to a specific user or group
• Monitoring performance, implementing improvements, and identifying shortcomings
• Keeping up to date on support for database engine versions, deprecations, and possible version incompatibility with other software
• Communicating with vendors and external service providers and monitoring performance, support, and turnaround time in line with agreements
• Ensuring compliance with external policies and laws regarding data security, distribution, and retention
• Ensuring data availability and disaster recovery by use of high availability systems – both replication and Always On
• Assisting with support during deployments by executing tasks as required and ensuring a safe rollback strategy
• Advising on networking requirements with regards to access and as a means of troubleshooting issues
• Creating documentation with instructions and other system requirements
• Ensuring database servers remain in best possible condition by means of updates, upgrades or collaborating with other team members where required
• Configure, support, and monitor Azure SQL Databases, Azure SQL Managed Instances, and SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machine

Should you not receive any feedback within ten (10) working days after the closing date, please accept your application as unsuccessful.