Company Description

At bet365, we're one of the world's leading online gambling companies, revolutionising the industry since 2000. Founded by Denise Coates CBE, we now employ over 9,000 people and serve over 100 million customers in 27 languages. Our focus on In-Play betting has solidified our market-leading position, offering an unmatched experience across 96 sports and 700,000 streaming events. With over 750 concurrent sporting fixtures at peak and more live sports streamed than anyone else in Europe, we handle over 6 billion HTTP requests daily and process more than 2 million bets per hour at peak.

We empower our employees to push boundaries and explore new ideas, cultivating a culture that celebrates and rewards creativity. This offers employees a wealth of opportunities for growth, giving them the opportunity to make a real impact in the world of online gambling. As a forward-thinking company, we’re breaking new ground in software innovation too, redefining what’s possible for our customers worldwide.

Job Description

As a Junior Production Database Administrator, you will be production focused to help support our databases ensuring their performance, scalability and security.

Our department is responsible for the day-to-day management of all database servers, you will ensure the resilience, availability and maintenance of the database infrastructure that supports our business systems in a true 24/7 environment, keeping us online.

The team works on Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL and GCP databases, all of which are utilising high availability and disaster recovery configurations.

The day-to-day work is interesting, challenging and fast paced amidst a hardworking and delivery focused company ethos. We hire people with a broad set of technical skills who are ready to tackle some of technologies greatest challenges.

This role is eligible for inclusion in the Company’s hybrid working from home policy.

Qualifications

• Experience of SQL Server, PostgreSQL or GCP (Spanner, AlloyDB).
• Understanding of database concepts with ability to write and interpret SQL statements.
• Good communication and presentation skills supported by a high level of energy and persuasion.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment on multiple projects with independent deadlines and deliverables.
• High attention to detail.

Additional Information

• Assessing the quality of all database releases ensuring Business standards are followed.
• Deploying fit for purpose code to UAT and live, driving all requests through the process to completion and taking end to end ownership.
• Installing, configuring and upgrading database products across different environments.
• Responding to and resolving ad hoc requests as required to meet Business and end user requirements.
• Monitoring, reporting on and maintaining the reporting activity and trends on the database servers and databases to senior management to enable a capacity planning strategy to be employed.

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At bet365, we're committed to creating an environment where everyone feels welcome, respected and valued. Where all individuals can grow and develop, regardless of their background. We're Never Ordinary, and we're always striving to be better. If you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please don’t hesitate to reach out.