Database Administrator

Summary

Join City Electrical Factors (CEF) as a Sybase Database Administrator and become an essential part of the Global IT team. You will be responsible for the performance, integrity, and security of our databases, working with legacy relational databases and SQL while exploring opportunities to transition to more modern technologies. Collaborate with developers and support staff to deliver best-in-class systems. Your objectives include end-to-end support and maintenance of IT processes, developing and maintaining database maintenance plans, monitoring database performance, troubleshooting issues, and planning database installations and upgrades. You will also proactively monitor and respond to alerts and optimize SQL code. This role offers a competitive salary, annual bonus scheme, remote work options, and excellent benefits.

Requirements

• Experience with legacy database technology in a commercial environment such as Sybase
• Extensive experience with database technology such as SQL
• Experience performing manual tests on Windows based systems in an Agile environment
• Excellent attention to detail, able to effectively track, report and resolve quality issues
• Understanding of software specification requirements, and the ability to interpret acceptance criteria and derive tests accordingly
• Experience testing the integration points between modules, applications and systems

Responsibilities

• End-to-end support and maintenance of IT processes
• Developing and maintaining our database maintenance plans
• Monitoring performance of our databases and system resources
• Troubleshooting and resolving database performance, connectivity and security issues
• Planning and implementing database installations, upgrades, migrations and configuration
• Following Change, Problem and Incident Management processes to implement database and interface changes
• Proactively monitoring and responding to database and associated alerts on a 24/7 rota
• Optimise SQL code as necessary

Benefits

• Competitive basic salary
• Annual IT Bonus scheme
• Our teams predominantly work remotely but we have an award-winning IT Headquarters based in Durham where you’ll always receive a warm welcome!
• Pension: 5% employee / 3% employer (Total 8%)
• Champion Health – a comprehensive physical, mental & financial wellbeing platform, offering bespoke content on all aspects of wellbeing & life
• Free use of the state-of-the-art private gym at our IT Headquarters