Do you have strong DBA skills in MySQL or MS SQL? Are you looking for a role with autonomy and projects? Superb opportunity to join a long-established, award-winning household name brand as a Database Administrator . This is a key permanent hire where you'll take ownership of a complex on-premise database estate and play a central role in modernising their technology stack. The focus is on the core MySQL database with some MS SQL in addition. The Opportunity This isn't a "ticket-queue" DBA role, you'll be joining a close-knit systems team as the trusted as the go-to database expert. Your work will directly impact high-volume, business-critical platforms, giving you real visibility and the chance to make a measurable difference from day one. What's on offer High-impact environment: Manage databases that power thousands of daily customer transactions. Tech modernisation: Hands-on involvement in major upgrades Autonomy: Scope to shape how performance tuning, replication, and HA are managed. Lifestyle benefits: Free daily lunch, heavily discounted products, cycle-to-work and EV leasing schemes, staff events, and long-service awards. Job Security: financially secure successful well established and highly ethical company Key Responsibilities Performance tuning of MySQL databases across a large on-premise estate. Managing replication and HA, ensuring fast recovery and minimal downtime. Proactive monitoring and optimisation. Maintaining reliable backup and recovery procedures. Collaborating with developers, analysts and the wider IT team on schema design and deployments. Supporting infrastructure upgrades and patching programmes. Candidate Profile Strong DBA in MySQL or MS SQL administration experience (performance tuning, HA, replication). Confident with Linux/Unix (Red Hat preferred). Comfortable in a busy on-premise environment. Familiarity with monitoring and backup tools. Desirable: SQL Server administration and storage optimisation experience. Apply now for a confidential conversation. We'll walk you through the details of the company, team culture and interview process, and help you present your experience in the strongest way.way.
09/10/2025
Full time
Do you have strong DBA skills in MySQL or MS SQL? Are you looking for a role with autonomy and projects? Superb opportunity to join a long-established, award-winning household name brand as a Database Administrator . This is a key permanent hire where you'll take ownership of a complex on-premise database estate and play a central role in modernising their technology stack. The focus is on the core MySQL database with some MS SQL in addition. The Opportunity This isn't a "ticket-queue" DBA role, you'll be joining a close-knit systems team as the trusted as the go-to database expert. Your work will directly impact high-volume, business-critical platforms, giving you real visibility and the chance to make a measurable difference from day one. What's on offer High-impact environment: Manage databases that power thousands of daily customer transactions. Tech modernisation: Hands-on involvement in major upgrades Autonomy: Scope to shape how performance tuning, replication, and HA are managed. Lifestyle benefits: Free daily lunch, heavily discounted products, cycle-to-work and EV leasing schemes, staff events, and long-service awards. Job Security: financially secure successful well established and highly ethical company Key Responsibilities Performance tuning of MySQL databases across a large on-premise estate. Managing replication and HA, ensuring fast recovery and minimal downtime. Proactive monitoring and optimisation. Maintaining reliable backup and recovery procedures. Collaborating with developers, analysts and the wider IT team on schema design and deployments. Supporting infrastructure upgrades and patching programmes. Candidate Profile Strong DBA in MySQL or MS SQL administration experience (performance tuning, HA, replication). Confident with Linux/Unix (Red Hat preferred). Comfortable in a busy on-premise environment. Familiarity with monitoring and backup tools. Desirable: SQL Server administration and storage optimisation experience. Apply now for a confidential conversation. We'll walk you through the details of the company, team culture and interview process, and help you present your experience in the strongest way.way.
Do you have strong MySQL DBA skills? Are you looking for a role with autonomy and projects? Superb opportunity to join a long-established, award-winning household name brand as a MySQL Database Administrator . This is a key permanent hire where you'll take ownership of a complex on-premise database estate and play a central role in modernising their technology stack. The Opportunity This isn't a "ticket-queue" DBA role, you'll be joining a close-knit systems team as the trusted as the go-to database expert. Your work will directly impact high-volume, business-critical platforms, giving you real visibility and the chance to make a measurable difference from day one. What's on offer High-impact environment: Manage databases that power thousands of daily customer transactions. Tech modernisation: Hands-on involvement in major upgrades Autonomy: Scope to shape how performance tuning, replication, and HA are managed. Lifestyle benefits: Free daily lunch, heavily discounted products, cycle-to-work and EV leasing schemes, staff events, and long-service awards. Job Security: financially secure successful well established and highly ethical company Key Responsibilities Performance tuning of MySQL databases across a large on-premise estate. Managing replication and HA, ensuring fast recovery and minimal downtime. Proactive monitoring and optimisation. Maintaining reliable backup and recovery procedures. Collaborating with developers, analysts and the wider IT team on schema design and deployments. Supporting infrastructure upgrades and patching programmes. Candidate Profile Strong MySQL administration experience (performance tuning, HA, replication). Confident with Linux/Unix (Red Hat preferred). Comfortable in a busy on-premise environment. Familiarity with monitoring and backup tools. Desirable: SQL Server administration and storage optimisation experience. Apply now for a confidential conversation. We'll walk you through the details of the company, team culture and interview process, and help you present your experience in the strongest way.
01/10/2025
Full time
Do you have strong MySQL DBA skills? Are you looking for a role with autonomy and projects? Superb opportunity to join a long-established, award-winning household name brand as a MySQL Database Administrator . This is a key permanent hire where you'll take ownership of a complex on-premise database estate and play a central role in modernising their technology stack. The Opportunity This isn't a "ticket-queue" DBA role, you'll be joining a close-knit systems team as the trusted as the go-to database expert. Your work will directly impact high-volume, business-critical platforms, giving you real visibility and the chance to make a measurable difference from day one. What's on offer High-impact environment: Manage databases that power thousands of daily customer transactions. Tech modernisation: Hands-on involvement in major upgrades Autonomy: Scope to shape how performance tuning, replication, and HA are managed. Lifestyle benefits: Free daily lunch, heavily discounted products, cycle-to-work and EV leasing schemes, staff events, and long-service awards. Job Security: financially secure successful well established and highly ethical company Key Responsibilities Performance tuning of MySQL databases across a large on-premise estate. Managing replication and HA, ensuring fast recovery and minimal downtime. Proactive monitoring and optimisation. Maintaining reliable backup and recovery procedures. Collaborating with developers, analysts and the wider IT team on schema design and deployments. Supporting infrastructure upgrades and patching programmes. Candidate Profile Strong MySQL administration experience (performance tuning, HA, replication). Confident with Linux/Unix (Red Hat preferred). Comfortable in a busy on-premise environment. Familiarity with monitoring and backup tools. Desirable: SQL Server administration and storage optimisation experience. Apply now for a confidential conversation. We'll walk you through the details of the company, team culture and interview process, and help you present your experience in the strongest way.
The role of the Principal Technical Consultant (Networking) with in this MSP is to be the most senior technical resource to consult, design, plan and implement highly complex technical networking projects to an extremely high standard. To work closely with the other technical teams, and to act as a mentor in their chosen fields. To inspire others with their enthusiasm and drive particularly pertaining to their core areas of technology. The Principal Technical Consultant will also support the Sales and Solutions teams to provide the technical expertise required to close sales opportunities and propose the current plan to better serve customers. This will typically involve technical presentations, solution demonstrations, solution design/configuration, proposals, bid response documentation, Statement of Work creation, HLD and LLD documentation, which must always be produced to a very high standard. Be a focal point for the team completing peer reviews regularly and ensuring very high standards across the team. Must be eligible for Security Clearance. Work from home / hybrid working options available. Certifications: Essential CCIE (Enterprise Infrastructure or Data Center preferred), One or more CCNP (Enterprise, Data Center, Security, or Collaboration preferred). Fortinet NSE4 or greater. Desirable Meraki Solutions Specialist. VMware VCP-NV (2020); VCAP-NV(Deploy) (2020). AWS and Azure associate-level accreditations. Experience & Skills: - Proven track record with: Cisco Networking and Switching / ACI / SDA / DNAC / Meraki Networking & Switching / HPE Aruba / Nexus Family range (configuration & troubleshooting) / Security with Cisco ISE, ASA, and Firepower. - Demonstrable exposure to NSX design and implementation and Cloud security with thorough understanding in UCS/ Hyperflex. - Ideally worked with Checkpoint, Juniper and Palo Alto. - Technically lead from the front. - Actively attends internal meetings and encourages others to do the same. - Holds, maintains, and continues to develop industry - Recognised expert-level technical relevance through prior experience from being involved in delivering complex projects, appropriate vendor certifications, technical training in core and associated skills (multi-skilled), vendor relationships, industry awareness and attendance / participation in trade/vendor events. - Is able to continually demonstrate exceptional skills in time-management, planning, sales, and all types of communication - Has proven extensive commercial awareness, able to protect the interests the company in all aspects of professional services delivery. - Is able to continually demonstrate comprehensive knowledge and experience of technical infrastructure hardware, software, and solutions, as well as extensive expert-level technical experience in one or more relevant fields. - Is able to continually demonstrate delivery of quality and consistency whilst delivering excellence and at the same time continuing to strive for improvement. - Prior experience working in an IT Services organisation, IT channel, or value-added reseller. Salary £80K to £110K plus 10% bonus paid quarterly plus benefits.
09/11/2021
Full time
The role of the Principal Technical Consultant (Networking) with in this MSP is to be the most senior technical resource to consult, design, plan and implement highly complex technical networking projects to an extremely high standard. To work closely with the other technical teams, and to act as a mentor in their chosen fields. To inspire others with their enthusiasm and drive particularly pertaining to their core areas of technology. The Principal Technical Consultant will also support the Sales and Solutions teams to provide the technical expertise required to close sales opportunities and propose the current plan to better serve customers. This will typically involve technical presentations, solution demonstrations, solution design/configuration, proposals, bid response documentation, Statement of Work creation, HLD and LLD documentation, which must always be produced to a very high standard. Be a focal point for the team completing peer reviews regularly and ensuring very high standards across the team. Must be eligible for Security Clearance. Work from home / hybrid working options available. Certifications: Essential CCIE (Enterprise Infrastructure or Data Center preferred), One or more CCNP (Enterprise, Data Center, Security, or Collaboration preferred). Fortinet NSE4 or greater. Desirable Meraki Solutions Specialist. VMware VCP-NV (2020); VCAP-NV(Deploy) (2020). AWS and Azure associate-level accreditations. Experience & Skills: - Proven track record with: Cisco Networking and Switching / ACI / SDA / DNAC / Meraki Networking & Switching / HPE Aruba / Nexus Family range (configuration & troubleshooting) / Security with Cisco ISE, ASA, and Firepower. - Demonstrable exposure to NSX design and implementation and Cloud security with thorough understanding in UCS/ Hyperflex. - Ideally worked with Checkpoint, Juniper and Palo Alto. - Technically lead from the front. - Actively attends internal meetings and encourages others to do the same. - Holds, maintains, and continues to develop industry - Recognised expert-level technical relevance through prior experience from being involved in delivering complex projects, appropriate vendor certifications, technical training in core and associated skills (multi-skilled), vendor relationships, industry awareness and attendance / participation in trade/vendor events. - Is able to continually demonstrate exceptional skills in time-management, planning, sales, and all types of communication - Has proven extensive commercial awareness, able to protect the interests the company in all aspects of professional services delivery. - Is able to continually demonstrate comprehensive knowledge and experience of technical infrastructure hardware, software, and solutions, as well as extensive expert-level technical experience in one or more relevant fields. - Is able to continually demonstrate delivery of quality and consistency whilst delivering excellence and at the same time continuing to strive for improvement. - Prior experience working in an IT Services organisation, IT channel, or value-added reseller. Salary £80K to £110K plus 10% bonus paid quarterly plus benefits.
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