Database Administrator- SQL

at  Sanderson Recruitment Plc

My client is currently hiring an experienced Database Administrator. This role will involve maintaining and managing the Data Warehouse in order to support the analytics team as they create critical reports for the business.
This role requires 4 days a week onsite.

QUALIFICATION + PROFILE

Bachelor in IT systems, Computer Science. Mathematics, Physics (or other exact sciences) supported with several years of experience as a Database Warehouse and/or in relevant professional experience

Excellent working knowledge of relational database systems like SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL

• Proven analytical and problem-solving experience to develop robust and feasible data models with ability to abstract and think analytically

Experience monitoring data and implementing improvements to the design of the system
Solution focused with proven ability to problem solve and operate at pace and with a sense of urgenc

Operational tasks related to the data warehouse: performance tuning, database security, back-up, and so on

• Planning for and allocating the database system’s physical requirements, such as memory,
• Creating a backup and recovery strategy for the database, and regularly testing the backups to ensure usability

Monitoring and optimising the database’s performance
Migrating database instances to new hardware and new versions of software from on premise to cloud based databases and vice versa