The Senior Database Administrator (DBA) will work with Operations, Analytics and Technical teams to develop an understanding of data and information needs, identify solutions and improve the quality of service while providing support through the logical and physical design of databases and database infrastructure. Key Responsibilities: Install, design and maintain database system software and implement database security. Monitor and analyse database performance and ensure effective and efficient utilisation of database systems/processes. Maintain database dictionaries and support tools; develop and maintain accurate system documentation. Participate in the development and maintenance of strategic, architectural and tactical plans for the database and data warehouse environments; be conversant with, and cognisant of, the future direction of systems, how that direction impacts the company and how future and current database systems can be exploited for the company’s benefit. Provide technical leadership on database systems and solutions. Provide individual mentoring and training on databases and tools. Recommend, test, and evaluate new technologies, software tools, and required skill sets; recommend and implement improvements. Implement a Business Continuity solution for the database environment, including the installation and configuration of database software and replication processes. Maintain database infrastructure standards. Drive process improvements, taking data feeds from multiple sources, and managing the ETL process into the data warehouses. Monitor and analyse database performance and utilisation to identify and resolve any potential performance issues, capacity planning, and efficiency improvements. Provide metrics to the senior managers about the database and database team’s performance. Provide line management to a small team of database administrators.

The Senior Database Administrator (DBA) will work with Operations, Analytics and Technical teams to develop an understanding of data and information needs, identify solutions and improve the quality of service while providing support through the logical and physical design of databases and database infrastructure. Key Responsibilities: Install, design and maintain database system software and implement database security. Monitor and analyse database performance and ensure effective and efficient utilisation of database systems/processes. Maintain database dictionaries and support tools; develop and maintain accurate system documentation. Participate in the development and maintenance of strategic, architectural and tactical plans for the database and data warehouse environments; be conversant with, and cognisant of, the future direction of systems, how that direction impacts the company and how future and current database systems can be exploited for the company’s benefit. Provide technical leadership on database systems and solutions. Provide individual mentoring and training on databases and tools. Recommend, test, and evaluate new technologies, software tools, and required skill sets; recommend and implement improvements. Implement a Business Continuity solution for the database environment, including the installation and configuration of database software and replication processes. Maintain database infrastructure standards. Drive process improvements, taking data feeds from multiple sources, and managing the ETL process into the data warehouses. Monitor and analyse database performance and utilisation to identify and resolve any potential performance issues, capacity planning, and efficiency improvements. Provide metrics to the senior managers about the database and database team’s performance. Provide line management to a small team of database administrators.

Does supporting world-class research and improving lives of patients excite you? Optimum Patient Care (OPC) is looking for a highly motivated and proficient Database Administrator. You will be part of our Database Team, providing administration and support to an ever-growing estate of Databases, one of which is our OPC Research Database containing over 15 million patient records. This is a fantastic opportunity to play your part in improving the health outcomes of patients through large scale clinical services and supporting important research which has been proven to impact clinical management and improve patient care. Key Responsibilities: Working within a newly formed Database Team alongside other IT Support teams with some of the below key responsibilities: Work closely with Data Analysts to identify and implement new solutions against business requirements and provide query support/ best practice knowledge. Monitor and analyse database performance and utilisation to identify and resolve any potential performance issues, capacity planning, and efficiency improvements. Review and optimise T-SQL code and database design to drive efficiency. Proactively monitor and respond to database alerts or identify areas for improvement in relation to monitoring. Creation and management of Security Access privileges whilst ensuring that the principle of least privilege is being adhered to. Ensuring backups are being performed and that completed backups are routinely tested; performing ad-hoc backup and restore requests. Contribute to and maintain technical documentation and operating procedures.