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 Position Title: Database Administrator

 
Position Location: St Albans, UK                   
Reports to: Development Manager, PLM         
Supervisory Responsibility: None      
Term: Permanent
Full/Part Time: Full Time
Date Prepared: 01/07/10
 
About Agentrics
 
Agentrics was founded by the world’s largest, most successful retailers to provide solutions for more effective sourcing and supply chain collaborations. Over the years, we expanded our services to support retailer growth initiatives in private label product development, data sharing, performance analytics, food safety and business intelligence. Today, Agentrics is a trusted partner to more than half of the world’s top 25 retailers and hundreds of other merchants and trading partners.
 
We have one of the industry’s most active customer communities, as we facilitate user- and executive-level interactions so customers can share innovative practices, address global issues and influence industry standards.
 
 
Position Summary
 
This role is responsible for the existing enterprise databases administration and the analysis, design, and creation of the new ones. Also includes new software installation, software and hardware configuration, security administration and data modeling and optimization.
 
 
Responsibilities:
  •   Install new versions of DBMS, application, and other software related to DBMS administration.
  • Test new software before it is moved into a production environment.
  • Work closely to the system administrator to perform software installations, and to configure hardware and software.
  • Monitor and administer DBMS security. This involves adding and removing users, administering quotas, auditing, and checking for security problems.
  • Analyze data stored in the database and make recommendations relating to performance and efficiency of that data storage. Including effective use of indexes, enabling "Parallel Query" execution, or other DBMS specific features.
  • Be involved at the preliminary database-design stages, eliminating many problems that might occur by point out potential problems, and help the development team with special performance considerations.
  • Modeling the data, enabling the system layouts optimization and taking the most advantage of the I/O subsystem.
  • Understanding and implementation of schemas, and the ability to interpret and write complex SQL queries.
  • Proactively monitor systems for optimum performance and capacity constraints.
  • Establish standards and best practices for SQL.
  • Interact with and coach developers in SQL scripting.
Travel Requirements:
None.
 
Skills and Expertise:
Essential:
  • Identify and develop ways to improve the current procedures and technology solutions.
  • Install, configure, and maintain MS SQL Server RDBMS Systems
  • Diagnose/troubleshoot issues at different levels including database, application, and system level (I/O, CPU, memory, etc.)
  • Perform performance tuning
  • Be responsible for Database replication management
  • Create change management records, scheduling implementation, and maintenance events
  • Create standard operating procedures
 
Education and Experience:
Essential:
  •  Bachelor’s degree in computer science, management information systems or equivalent combination of education and experience and 3 + years of database administration experience.
 
Desirable:
  • Bachelors of Science degree in Computer Science, MIS, or Business Administration preferred. 4-5 years of experience in MS SQL Server 2005 and MS SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Database Administration position.
  • Strong technical background that includes experience in Microsoft SQL Server in a highly available enterprise environment.
  • Strong analytical problem solving, trouble shooting and analysis skills to quickly identify and resolve issues.
  • Attention to detail and process improvement are expected.
  • Need to have the ability to work well with internal customers.
  • Experience with system migrations, backups/restores and other general DBA activities.
  • Experience managing multiple RDBMS on large systems
  • Practical experience monitoring and performance tuning to provide a high availability service
  • Practical experience managing the internal and external database security
  • Flexible, adaptable and able to manage multiple tasks in a dynamic and fast paced environment
  • Standards adherence skills: create and maintain consistent documentation of new and existing deployments.
  • Ability to set and manage priorities judiciously
  • Team player; ability to work in a very collaborative, agile environment.
 
Accommodations:
 
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
 

Additional Information:

 
Unfortunately, we are unable to accept applicants who do not have a valid work permit to work in the EU. We are unable to sponsor applicants through the visa application process.
 

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