Senior Database Administrator - Manchester, United Kingdom - THG

THG

Verified Company

Manchester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

THG is a fast-moving, global technology business that specialises in taking brands direct to consumers.

Our world-class proprietary tech and infrastructure powers our extensive portfolio of beauty, nutrition and lifestyle brands and is now helping drive exponential growth of our clients' brands globally.

We're powered by a global team of over 10,000 ambitious people around the world. Our culture is fast-paced and entrepreneurial, it's this DNA that has supported our incredible growth.

We're always looking for individuals that can bring fresh and innovative thinking to THG, and play a part in driving the group forward on its exciting journey.

So, if you're ready to take the next big step in your career, challenge yourself every day and evolve with the world around you, THG is ready for you.

Role can be Remote or Hybrid from our Manchester offices

Tech at THG
Technology is the driving force behind THG, and it starts with our people. We are ambitious with our goals and challenge conventional thinking. THG Technology is different because we support every single person to make massive impact and drive their own work.

What will I be doing?
As a Senior Database Administrator within the DBA team you will:

Lead the creation and continual improvement of automation tools to support the DBA team in the administration of our growing estate of SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and CockroachDB
Ensure all production servers are properly secured and patches are applied in a timely fashion
Provide guidance in the creation and modification of standards and procedures
Engineering and defining builds on a Database during development and testing
Providing daytoday support within the Engineering infrastructure departments and working coherently with other development teams
Strong understanding of DR and monitoring standards
Owning and regulating current Database infrastructure
Designing and maintaining a multisite SQL environment
Understanding and maintaining database security

What skills and experience would I need?

Administration of at least two of the following: SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Couchbase
Enterprise monitoring tools such as SQL Monitor, Prometheus, Graphite, etc
Source Control for tracking and managing changes to DBA tooling
Knowledge of automation languages (PowerShell, Bash, Ansible, Terraform)
Familiarity with High Availability/Disaster Recovery solutions
Strong experience and knowledge of MS SQL, preferably 2017 and 201
The ability to update, backup and recover databases via
Strong experience of Transactional Replication
Installation and configuration of SQL server
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Willing and eager to expand your skill set in other database technologies

Desirable Skills

Implementation and management of Always on groups
Windows Server and failover clusters
Network experience
We leverage Google BigQuery to provide readonly data replicas for reporting and ML (Machine Learning) model training. Increasing use requires us to manage this inline with the rest of our data estate.

What is in it for me?