Senior SQL DBA - Altrincham - 40-46K

Urgently seeking an experienced SQL Database Administrator with strong production DBA experience to move into a senior position within my clients mid-sized IT team. The SQL DBA must have strong SQL 2005 / SQL 2008 R2 experience and the ideal candidate will also be comfortable in a customer & business facing environment.

In this position, the DBA will be integral team member working on the management, deployment, build-out, and maintenance of production, pre-production, and beta systems. Defining and creating monitoring and management methodology and/or systems as well as processes and documentation will be a key for this position. The candidate will be expected to work closely with the other members of the operations team in addition to development and test teams to help in the operation of the companies worldwide data services.

Primary Responsibilities:
* The design, implementation and deployment of large scale SQL Server 2005/2008 (inc. R2) systems to process data and deliver it to business consumers.
* Management of stored procedures and SQL Server 2005/2008 (inc R2) to process large amounts of data (hundreds of gigabytes to terabytes per database) is required.
* Management experience of SAN/large scale storage systems is desirable.
* Experience of supporting of Windows 2003/2008 (inc. R2) server platforms is desirable.
* Experience of SQL high availability systems (Clustering / Mirroring / Log Shipping) and SQL replication (transactional).
* 24/7 On-call 2nd line support as required.

Role Requirements:
* Demonstrable experience of working with SQL Server in a busy OLTP environment
* Installation and configuration of SQL Server software
* Strong understanding of operational metrics, monitoring, and reporting
* Strong written and oral communication skills
* Experience of performing core SQL Server Administrative duties, including thorough backup and restore plans, and deep understanding of file and space management in multi-TB databases
* Ability to perform detailed query/sever optimisation in heavy OLTP environments
* Edge networking experience (firewalls, routers, etc.) a plus
* Enterprise storage experience a plus
* The successful candidate will be a team player, capable of collaborating in a fast paced startup environment as well as be able to work very independently with a high level of self-motivation.

This is an great role that offers excellent technical and career progression; and with the chance to work in an exciting project-driven environment and on a number of big data and high-availability projects.

The salary bracket for this position is 40-46,000 per annum with a market leading benefits package (including additional bonus). For more information please submit a current CV and/or call Chris Reilly on 0161 817 7888 ASAP.To find out more about Computer Futures please visit www.computerfutures.com