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These include the firm’s finance and customer relationship management systems, as well business intake and time capture. You will support other business critical applications, including file transfer, legal technology and various application services.\nYou will work with 3rd parties who provide expertise in these systems. The firm’s database infrastructure, MS-SQL, will also be supported by you. You will also support the Dynamics365 platform and applications built on it. Application servers and Databases are a mixture of on-premises and SaaS/cloud-hosted.\nAs well as supporting the databases stack, you will package, configure, test, and deploy applications to the firm. You will work with other service support teams in I&O, including End-User Compute, Infrastructure and Networks, to provide a world-class service to our business. You will also work with our global service desk, regional support teams and the global IT department. You will provide technical database expertise on projects when required.\nProvide availability, scalability and performance of all application database systems through data metrics\n\nCapture, analyse database metrics and bring forward improvements of database systems\n\nIdentify, design and implement robust monitoring alerts to identify potential issues early\n\nMaintain core database infrastructure servers in Azure, AVS and on-premises\n\nDevelop backup/restore procedures for major databases to ensure data integrity\n\nDevelop and leverage automation procedures to turn repeatable actions into automated processes\n\nAnalyse database capacity metrics on all server infrastructure\n\nProvide expertise for database engineering to optimise database migrations, queries and performance\n\nManagement and monitoring of SQL availability groups and clustered SQL servers\n\nLead in database related projects and ensure timely delivery.\n\nAnalyse and use data to identify and prioritise operations to find root cause of major issues.\n\nParticipate in on call and out of hours support for both application and databases\n\nKnowledge and use of DevOps and GitHub and other collaboration tool sets\n\nSupport maintenance reviews, vulnerability assessments of MS SQL\n\nAbility to work independently and good communication skills\n\nDocument and knowledge share learnings to wider team with ability to multi-task including team upskilling\n\nExperience with programming languages including PowerShell, SQL, Linux preferred\n\nCollaborate with other engineering teams on production changes, incidents and problem management\n\nWhat you will have\nDesired Skills\nProficient Microsoft SQL\n\nAzure Server and SQL infrastructure\n\nAZ-900 Azure Fundamentals and DP-900 Azure Data Fundamentals preferred\n\nSQL AG, Clustering and high availability features experience\n\nSQL and PowerShell scripting experience\n\nSQL and server performance tuning\n\nSQL Replication performance and monitoring tuning\n\nUnderstanding of Linux server management\n\nWhat we can offer you\nTo learn more about the culture and benefits available at A&O Shearman, please visit: Culture and benefits | A&O Shearman careers\nShould you require additional support at any stage of the recruitment process due to a disability or a health condition, please do not hesitate to contact a member of our recruitment team who will work with you to provide any adjustments as required.\nWe are an equal opportunities recruiter and do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or any other protected characteristic.\nNO AGENCIES PLEASE - A&O Shearman does not accept unsolicited CVs. 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