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    4. Junior Production Database Administrator Manchester 2023
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    A production focused Junior Production Database Administrator to help support our databases ensuring their performance, scalability and security.

    The team works on large Microsoft SQL Server databases as well as smaller PostgreSQL databases, both of which are utilising high availability and disaster recovery configurations.

    The day to day work is interesting, challenging and fast paced amidst a hardworking and delivery focused company ethos. We hire people with a broad set of technical skills who are ready to tackle some of technologies greatest challenges.

    This role is eligible for inclusion in the Company’s hybrid working from home policy.

    Main Responsibilities

    • Assessing the quality of all UAT and production database releases ensuring bet365’s standards are followed.
    • Deploying fit for purpose code to UAT and Live, driving all requests through the process to completion and taking end to end ownership.
    • Installing, configuring and upgrading SQL Server across different environments.
    • Responding to and resolving ad hoc requests as required to meet business and end user requirements.
    • Monitoring, reporting on and maintaining the reporting activity and trends on the database servers and databases to senior management to enable a capacity planning strategy to be employed.

    Preferred Skills and Experience

    • Experience of SQL Server.
    • Awareness of SQL Server high availability features including replication and log shipping.
    • Good communication and presentation skills supported by a high level of energy and persuasion.
    • Ability to work in a fast paced environment on multiple projects with independent deadlines and deliverables.
    • High attention to detail.

    Benefits 

    • Bonus Schemes
      • Recognition for your performance and hard work.
    • Company Pension
      • Preparing you for later life with a top pension.
    • Employee Assistance Programme
      • Supporting the wellbeing of you and your family.
    • Eye Care
      • In a digital world, we help take care of your vision.
    • Income Protection
      • Your income is protected, just in case.
    • Life Assurance
      • Peace of mind for your family in any eventuality.
    • Tax Free Childcare Scheme
      • A bit extra in your pocket to help with your little ones.
    • Life Events and Long Service
      • To celebrate your big occasions, dedication and hard work.

    Hillside (Technology) Ltd opened our North West office in 2016 in the heart of Manchester’s buzzing city centre. In recent years the city has become a hub of technology and creative industries.

    Our Location

    • Often described as the UK’s second city, living costs in Manchester are around 30% cheaper than London.
    • Our office has plenty of public transport nearby, including trains operating around the country and the Metrolink.
    • Manchester is passionate about sport and has two Premier League football teams.
    • Full of fantastic restaurants and shops, from Spinningfields to the Northern Quarter, there is lots to see and do.

    What we get up to

    Our Manchester office is home to part of Hillside (Technology) Ltd's Software Development family as well as additional technology units. We work closely with our other Technology sites in Stoke-on-Trent and Bulgaria to deliver our first class product.