Database Administrator
37 hours
Derby - Raynesway
We are seeking a skilled Database Administrator to manage and maintain our database systems, within the Service Data Centre, ensuring their performance, security, and availability. The ideal candidate will possess a strong understanding of database design and optimisation techniques, with experience in various database technologies. This role is crucial for supporting our data-driven initiatives and ensuring that our databases operate efficiently.
Why Rolls-Royce?
Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.
We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.
We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.
This role is situated within out Service Data Centre department that focusses on leveraging in-service data to enhance operational efficiency and support the development of innovative solutions.
We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.
What we offer
We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.
Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location. It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.
What you will be doing
The Database Administrator (DBA) will be responsible for managing, maintaining, and optimising the departments database systems, ensuring they operate efficiently, securely, and are highly available. The DBA will collaborate with our IT and development teams to design, implement, and maintain databases that support the departments/business operational needs. This role is essential for improving database performance, safeguarding data integrity, and implementing solutions for scalability and disaster recovery. The DBA will also play a key role in optimising SQL code, maintaining data security, and supporting compliance with the company’s data protection regulations.
Who we’re looking for:
At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.
To succeed in this role, we are looking for individuals who possess the following attributes and experiences:
Manage, monitor, and maintain database systems to ensure optimal performance and high availability.Design and implement database structures, schema, and storage solutions in collaboration with the departments development teams.Plan and execute database backup and recovery procedures, regularly testing them to ensure data integrity.Perform regular performance tuning, query optimisation, and index maintenance to improve database efficiency.Troubleshoot and resolve database-related issues in a timely and efficient manner.Ensure compliance with security policies and manage access control for sensitive information.Collaborate with the development teams to design and review efficient database solutions, including code reviews for SQL queries and stored procedures.Create, maintain, and update database documentation, including disaster recovery plans and operational procedures.Stay up to date with database technologies, best practices, and emerging trends to continuously improve the departments database infrastructure..
We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.
You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce
To work for Rolls-Royce Submarines you need to hold a Security Check (SC) clearance without any caveats to that clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you don’t currently already have this in place. Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets, you must hold a UK nationality. Any dual nationals will require additional scrutiny and background checks prior to commencing work with RRSL