Cloud Support Engineer

  • West Midlands, , United Kingdom
  • Feb 21, 2016
IT

Job Description

Our client is part of a c£1bn turnover business. Essentially they are a technology start up but with the support of an organisation operating in more than 30 countries and employing over 6,000 people. A really exciting combination. The modern day business has diversified and strengthened to include a number of industry sectors primarily focused on integrated supply chain solutions. The organisation is in an exciting stage of its development and is looking to strengthen their team with the acquisition of a Database/Cloud Manager. The role will be split into two main areas: monitoring cloud server & database performance – including: Azure server performance monitoring, monitoring Azure SQL DB logs, size, optimisation, monitoring local SQL DBs and proposing and implementing opportunities to advance server performance; database administration – including; monitoring database sizes and logs, running queries and stored procedures against the data, ensuring backups are scheduled, running and validated, testing disaster recovery processes and monitoring the external development teams database changes to ensure best practice. The successful individual will have experience ideally within hosted servers/cloud services, MS SQL, QlikSense/QlikView or alternative business intelligence tools and a knowledge of hardware APIs and using SDKs to collect data from hardware devices. Some knowledge of RFID or Sensor technology would be ideal but not a prerequisite. You will be analytical, detailed and methodical in approach and able to act on their own initiative to investigate new ideas and progressive technologies whilst being hardworking, diligent and never accepting ‘it’s not possible’ as an answer. You will be able to adapt to a variety of situations, including willing to conduct the more simple and laborious duties as well as the exciting & innovative challenges, inquisitive by nature with a passion for technology in both work and personal life and have the ability to work with an agile mind set and adjust to the constant reprioritisation required in this rapidly evolving organisation

Salary

40000.00

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