About the Department:
The Department of Education is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community and schools we support by treating everyone with respect and dignity. This starts with recruitment and selection. The methods of assessing suitability in the recruitment process may vary. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support applicants at all stages of the process and employee lifecycle.

Responsibilities Include:
In this role, you will play a crucial part in ensuring the health, performance, and security of our SQL Server databases.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Addressing issues related to database availability and data integrity, and actively monitoring database performance.
• Ability to utilise your strong diagnostic skills to troubleshoot performance challenges.
• Manage user permissions for security, implement upgrades and patches, and optimise SQL queries and database structures for maximum efficiency.
• Collaboration with development teams to support application deployment is essential, along with participation in capacity planning and data migration efforts.
• In addition to DBA duties, you will play a pivotal role in designing and implementing business intelligence solutions by developing, maintaining, and optimising complex stored procedures, views, and functions.
• You will work closely with business analysts and stakeholders to understand reporting requirements and translate them into effective BI solutions using SSRS and Power BI.
• The role also involves performing ETL processes using T-SQL, SSIS and ensuring data quality and consistency across the data warehouse and data marts.

About You:The ideal applicant is someone who:

• Has strong communication skills.
• Has a strong focus on customer engagement.
• Has the ability to bring a high level of collaboration skills to the team.

Interested? To Apply:

• Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history);
• Attach a 2-page response to the How you will be assessed section of the attached role description.

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
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