Database Administrator

Due to the expansion of our specialist Application Support Team, British Transport Police (BTP) have an exciting opportunity for a permanent Database Administrator based at our Force Headquarters, in Camden, London.

BTP is the national police Force for Britain’s rail network. Every day we ensure the safety and security of over six million passengers and railway staff throughout England, Scotland and Wales. As a DBA with BTP you will oversee the installation, configuration, upgrade, administration, monitoring and maintenance of BTP databases.

Key challenges and accountabilities for the role include:

•           To manage software licences for server database installations

•           To offer specialist technical application support to the Forces user base

•           Supervise the work of 3rd party DBAs or specialists assigned to particular support contracts or projects

In return for your experience, we can offer you:

•           Salary up to 49,679.08 (£38,807.32 + 10% on call allowance + £2,470 London Allowance + a SFIA supplement of up to £4,521 depending on skills and experience)

•           28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

•           Final salary pension

•           Various salary sacrifice schemes (cycle to work/childcare) and retail discounts

Requirements:

Educated to degree level or equivalent experience

Extensive experience of working as a production DBA in a SQL Server/Oracle environment, preferably both, providing support for mission critical applications

Good experience of performance monitoring and database optimisation tools and techniques

Good experience of back-up and recovery tools and techniques

Some experience of working as a development DBA

Good knowledge of application interfacing tools and technique

We want our organisation to be as diverse as the community it serves so we welcome applicants from all sections of the community. You must have the right to remain and work in the UK and you must tell us about any previous convictions or cautions including any deemed as 'spent'. These will not necessarily exclude you from employment but they must be declared at the point of application.

Candidates internal to BTP must confirm that they are not subject to formal action plans for sickness/complaints/discipline or poor performance, that all mandatory training courses have been attended and are in ticket/up to date, that a ‘Competent’ rating, or above, was achieved on the last reporting year PDR and they have completed their tenure period (six months) for current substantive posting