Database Architect

*Determines database structural requirements by analysing client operations, applications, and programming; reviewing objectives with clients; evaluating current systems;
*Develops database solutions by designing proposed system; defining database physical structure and functional capabilities, security, back-up, and recovery specifications.
*Installs database systems by developing flowcharts; applying optimum access techniques; coordinating installation actions; documents actions.
*Maintains database performance by identifying and resolving production and application development problems; calculating optimum values for parameters; evaluating, integrating, and installing new releases; completing maintenance; answering user questions.
*Prepares users by conducting training.
*Provides database support by coding utilities, responding to user questions, and resolving problems.
*Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organisations.
*Accomplishes information systems and organisation mission by completing related results as needed.
*Provides deployment strategies for rolling out new versions of a database, rollback procedures and any other DB configuration.
*Creating project and application architecture deliverables that are consistent with architecture principles, standards, methodologies, and best practices.
*Responsible for defining technical evaluation criteria for product and technology selection and determining technical approaches to ensure all architectural solutions result in a coherent systems design.
*Staying abreast of changes in vendor landscape, and providing guidance with regards to long term vendor strategy towards mobile application development.
*Instilling a culture of execution, operational excellence, and accountability.
*Seeking and capitalising on the opportunities to improve productivity, improving time-to-market, improving solutions quality, and improving cost effectiveness.
*Anticipating barriers to change and creating opportunities to remove them.
*Creating a culture that is based on knowledge sharing and learning from best practices.
*Exhibiting high level of professional flexibility and volunteering innovation and new ideas.
*Mentoring technical leads and developers.
*Documents database solutions following industry standards.

Experience:
*Expert experience working with either SQL Server or Oracle.
*Proven track of designing and developing database solutions end to end.
*Proven track record with delivering quality solutions at a technical level.
*Experience working with Red Gate tools.
*Experience in enterprise database design tools.
*Experience in database load and performance tuning.

The JM Group and JM Digital are operating and advertising as an Employment Agency for permanent positions and as an Employment Business for interim/contract/temporary positions. The JM Group and JM Digital are an Equal Opportunities employer and we encourage applicants from all backgrounds.