Database Administrator - Active DV clearance Required

Location: Full time on site in either London or Birmingham Duration: 6 months rolling Clearance level: DV level and no opportunity for sponsorship on this occasion. IR35 Status: Inside IR35 They require someone to serve as an SME of Databases and provide assistance to production lifecycle teams: development, infrastructure, testing and production. This may require occasional travel to sites nationwide and working out of hours and be on-call. Key Qualifications * Monitor, maintain and tune databases to optimise availability of server as well as troubleshooting performance. * Create suitable Database alerts and proactively monitor, respond, action to alerts * Troubleshot performance and connection issues. * Build environments based on standards and best practices that would align to operational and business requirements. * Monitor database maintenance scripts for backups, index rebuild/ defragment, and database statistics. * Produce, maintain, and ensure backup and recovery procedures are functioning correctly. Essential Experience Required: * Experienced in database technologies and a good understanding of SQL development and scripting tools. * Experienced in database administration, including back-ups, maintenance, performance monitoring and troubleshooting * Experienced in implementing high availability setups such as Always on HA, Mirroring, log shipping and Microsoft Clustering. * Hold excellent knowledge of the Microsoft SQL Server Stack - SSMS, SSAS, SSIS & SSRS. * Able to work to tight deadlines and changing priorities. * Strong knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server internals and core database functionality (indexes, schemas, triggers, etc.) * Have a good understanding of database architecture and database design. Due to the nature and urgency of this post, candidates holding or who have held high level security clearance in the past are most welcome to apply. Please note successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment which can take up to a minimum 18 weeks. LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds. Award Winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.