Database Administrator

Job Description

Overview

Your role

• Perform operational DBA duties, including installation, database upgrades, patching, environment cloning, implementing backup and recovery procedures, monitoring, capacity planning, performance tuning, and site failover/switchover.
• Design, architect, and build Microsoft SQL databases, from gathering business requirements through planning and deploying test and production systems.
• Interface with application development teams to resolve application and database-related issues.
• Participate in 24/7/365 operations within a business-critical environment.
• Work closely with global teams.
• Manage multiple applications, service areas, and projects simultaneously to ensure timely response, quality delivery, and issue resolution.
• Support continuous improvement through optimization of systems and processes for existing and new applications and services.

About you

Essential Technical Requirements

• Minimum 6 years of related experience.
• Significant knowledge of SQL Server. This should be your area of expertise, with the ability to work directly on live systems and develop innovative solutions.
• Good working knowledge of High Availability technologies, including:
  • Failover Clusters
  • Availability Groups
• At least 3 years of experience working in a 24/7 environment alongside developers and other stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of relational database architecture concepts.
• Strong performance tuning and troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong hands-on experience administering large, high-volume, 24/7 SQL platforms.
• Experience implementing and managing databases in complex enterprise environments involving business applications and third-party products, solutions, and technologies.
• Ability to manage multiple deliverables, both scheduled and unscheduled, including:
  • Deployments
  • Builds
  • Scheduled batch activities or jobs
  • Incident management
  • Problem management
• Ability to communicate technical issues to business leaders and business requirements to engineering teams.
• Proven analytical abilities and experience using data and facts for decision-making.
• Good working knowledge of database technologies leveraging IaaS and PaaS platforms.

Desirable Skills

• Oracle Database Administration
• Azure PaaS (SQL Database and Managed Instance)
• T-SQL
• SSIS Package Deployment

Competencies Specific to This Role

• Four-year university degree or college diploma in Computer Science, and/or 6 years of equivalent work experience.
• Good understanding of ITIL and Service Management.
• Strong presentation skills and an excellent work ethic.
• Experience and understanding of risk management and risk mitigation activities.

Behavioral Competencies

• Proven experience in delivering process efficiencies and continuous improvements.
• Clear and fluent English communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with remote teams.
• Demonstrated ability to take ownership of and accountability for relevant products and services.
• Ability to plan, prioritize, and complete work independently while remaining a collaborative team player.
• Willingness to engage with and work across other technologies.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career.

This includes:

• Comprehensive life insurance coverage.
• Premium medical insurance for you and your dependents.
• Generous annual leave balance.
• Flexible and hybrid work solutions.
• Remote work opportunities outside of country.
• Company gratuity scheme.
• Discretionary bonus program.
• Relocation assistance.
• Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7 access to specialists in finance, legal matters, family care, personal health, fitness, and nutrition.

Seize every opportunity to sharpen your skills, expand your expertise, and be recognized for the impact you make.

About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

Find out more.

Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.