Overview
Database Administrator - SQL role at Farnell Global. Farnell, an Avnet company, is a global high-service distributor of technology products, services and solutions for electronic system design, maintenance and repair. We are Farnell Global, a fast and reliable distributor of products and technology for electronic and industrial system design, maintenance and repair.
We are early in cloud technology adoption, which will present opportunities for you going forwards. This is a flexible, hybrid working role giving you the work life balance to work from home and from the office. You will be able to manage your own diary regarding on-site office time in Leeds, but you will be on-site a minimum of 3 days.
Job Summary
You will be working within a team of DBAs supporting an extensive global SQL Server database estate leveraging multiple Microsoft technologies. Your main duties will be to provide the full range of database administration services in a complex database environment and deliver excellent support for the SQL Server estate. You will also work alongside development and infrastructure teams to support project delivery, deployments, releases, incident resolution and consulting in your areas of expertise.
What You Will Be Doing
* Database Administration across multiple geographic regions including installation, patching, upgrade, refresh, backup and recovery, disaster recovery, failover, replication, capacity planning, housekeeping, monitoring and performance tuning, and database user & security management.
* Incident, service request, problem and change management.
* Engage/lead multi-team efforts related to deployments, releases, projects, incidents, and application support.
* Establish a network of collaborative relationships and processes across teams and third parties to support project work and incident resolution.
* Check system health, respond to alerts and warnings, and take preventive or corrective action as required.
* Be part of an on-call rotation to resolve production infrastructure issues and incidents, including on an emergency basis.
* Proactively make recommendations and provide input for system improvements, task automation and risk mitigation.
* Plan, schedule, implement and support system changes within an ITIL framework.
* Adopt other database technology skills within the team.
* Author, contribute and collaborate on documentation for standards and processes for the DBA team.
* Adhere to IT Service Management (ITSM) and Service Level Agreement (SLA) standards.
What We Are Looking For
* Strong analytical skills and critical thinking.
* Excellent communication skills, articulating in both technical and business terms.
* Excellent documentation skills.
* Professional and adaptable to a changing business environment.
* Willingness to learn, grow and be challenged.
* Strong experience administering SQL Server 2014–2022.
* Experience diagnosing issues with complex ETL processes (SSIS / batch scripts).
* Practical experience with Windows Clustering, database mirroring, Availability Groups, SSIS, SSRS, PowerShell.
* Experience designing, implementing and supporting advanced database management systems.
* Experience with backup and recovery using native backups and RedGate SQL Backup.
* Excellent SQL Server performance diagnostic skills at both SQL and OS levels.
* Experience with Microsoft Azure, PowerShell dbatools, MySQL is a bonus.
Benefits
* A supportive team environment with shared goals.
* Open door policy within management.
* Tools and opportunities to further your career.
* Pension scheme
* Simply Health Medical Cover
* 25 days holiday plus bank holidays with option to buy additional holiday
* Onsite parking
* Flexible home working
* Cycle to work scheme and car salary sacrifice (after 6 months)
* Reward schemes
Equality and Hiring Information
Avnet is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. If you need special assistance or an accommodation to apply for a posted position, contact our Human Resources Service Center in your region: Americas applicants – hrnow@avnet.com, Asia applicants - hrnow.asia@avnet.com, EMEA applicants - hrnow.EMEA@avnet.eu.
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