An exciting opportunity to join our team within a growing ICT Services company with a global portfolio, as a SQL Server Database Administrator.
The Getronics family is an ICT Services group with an extensive history that extends over 130 years, with 3700 employees in 20 countries across Europe, Asia Pacific & Latin America.
It has a complete portfolio of integrated ICT services for the large enterprise and public sector markets including Workspace, Applications, Unified Communications, Data Centre, Cloud, Consulting, Partner Technology, Managed Services and Security.
Getronics is the leading member in the Global Workspace Alliance, a unique model that provides customers with a consistent IT service throughout the world, with one single point of contact and billing entity, delivering services to over 180 countries.
The GWA manages 5.5m workspace assets globally.
Team Purpose: Working within Managed Services, the DBA Team currently comprises of 7 DBA's, 3 of whom specialize in SQL Server.
The DBA team provides remote database administration for more than 400 SQL Instances across multiple datacentres for many different customers.
Our primary support platforms are SQL Server 2008 through to SQL Server 2022 running on a Windows 2012 to Windows 2022 OS, many of which utilise high availability solutions.
We also support a limited number of legacy solutions such as SQL Server 2000 and 2005 on a Windows 2000/3/8 platform.
Role Purpose: As part of the global operations team, the role will be reporting into the DBA team leader.
It will require interaction with various teams within Managed Services such as Windows, Storage and Virtualization team as well as non-technical teams such as Service Desk, Change Management and the Project Management Office.
The role has no direct reports.
Responsibilities/Accountability: Support and maintain Microsoft SQL Server instances and databases.Provide DBA support to project, development and infrastructure teams.Respond to all SQL Server related incidents, tasks and requests.Ensure that all customer SLA's and internal OLA's are maintained.Assist the team with proactive improvements to internal processes.Provide recommendations and advice to the customer, in a consultancy role.Mentor and coach other members of the team.Participate in the change control process.On call rotation, available for 24/7 support if contacted.Required Skills and Experience: At least 4+ years' experience working with SQL Server, versions 2012 through to 2022 in a production environment.Extensive experience of Windows 2016 and Windows 2019 Operating Systems; experience with Windows 2022 is advantageous.Experience with implementing and supporting SQL Server within a Windows Server Always-On configuration, both WSFC and when using Availability Groups.Experience with implementing and supporting Database Mirroring.Experience with Disaster Recovery solutions.Experience troubleshooting performance-related problems.Ideally have experience supporting SQL Server within Public Cloud environments, such as Azure and AWS, as well as within Private Clouds.A deep understanding of SQL Server Internals.A good understanding and knowledge of TSQL.A good understanding of virtualization technologies.A good understanding of storage technologies.An aptitude for problem-solving in a multi-disciplinary environment.Excellent written and oral communication skills.Flexibility regarding working hours.Beneficial Skills / Experience: Experience and knowledge supporting Business Intelligence solutions, such as Analysis Services, Reporting Services and Integration Services.Experience with supporting SQL Server replication topologies.Knowledge of other RDBMS such as Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Progress, DB2.Experience working with SAN's, NAS's and DAS devices for the purpose of database storage.Understanding of ITIL processes.Skills in development, such as PowerShell, VB or asp.NET.Qualification/Certification requirements: Microsoft Certified Professional, DBA – MS SQL Certification. About Getronics Getronics empowers businesses to stay competitive by offering flexible, secure, and reliable technology services, tailored to their unique needs, helping to drive growth, increase efficiency, reduce cost, and deliver measurable success.
Getronics is committed to low-carbon and sustainable development through its IT solutions to help companies reduce their environmental impact.
As a global leader in technology solutions with over 4,000 colleagues in 22 centres, and as the leading and founding member of the Global Workspace Alliance (GWA), Getronics can provide comprehensive end-to-end IT solutions around the globe.
It is one of the 18 companies from around the world positioned within the Gartner's 2024 Magic Quadrant for Outsourced Digital Workplace Services, and is committed to delivering exceptional customer service, enabling businesses to focus on their core strengths while entrusting their IT needs to Getronics.
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