Database Support Engineer

Database Support Engineer Shift Pattern: Standard 40 Hour Week (United Kingdom) Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Corporate Grade: F - Officer Reporting Line: (UK Division) LME Information Technology Location: UK-London Worker Type: Permanent About the London Metal Exchange: The London Metal Exchange (LME) is the world centre for industrial metals trading. In 2022, 134.2 million lots were traded, equating to $15.2 trillion and 3.1 billion tonnes notional, with a market open interest high of 1.8 million lots. The metals community uses the LME, an HKEX Group company, as a venue to transfer or take on price risk, as a physical market of last resort and as the provider of transparent global reference prices. Overall Purpose of Role: Assist the team in managing the development and performance of SQL databases, being responsible for the day-to-day support of Database Services, focusing on: Supporting Business-As-Usual activity for the database teamIncident and change management processMonitoring and alerting Responsibilities: Ensuring all database servers are backed up in a way that meets the business's Recovery Point Objectives (RPO)Testing backups to ensure we can meet the business' Recovery Time Objectives (RTO)Troubleshooting SQL Server service outages as they occurConfiguring SQL Server monitoring utilities to minimize false alarmsMonitoring and reporting on all database checksPerforming database and software life-cycle activities to ensure highest level of system performance and availabilityWorking with the senior DBA to assist in database deploymentDocumenting the company's database environmentPerformance, compatibility testing and dependency management between componentsAutomation and scripting of delivery processes or frameworks such as a build or application deliveryCollaborating with other software engineers and managers, technical leads, and developers to ensure successful delivery of software projectsContributing to the delivery of efficient solutions to meet business continuity and disaster recovery requirements Academic and Professional Qualifications Required: Degree educated, in a technical disciplineAny professional qualifications (MS SQL, ITIL or similar) would be useful Required Knowledge and Level of Experience: SQL and relational databasesWindows/Linux and Database Security conceptsClustering, disaster recovery and high availabilityAutomation using Ansible or similar toolsProficiency in at least one programming language (Python, Java, SQL, Powershell, etc.)Exposure to cloud technologies would be useful The LME is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. In recruiting for our teams, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of education, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity, expression and reassignment, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs. In doing so, we want every LME employee to feel our commitment to showing respect for all and encouraging open collaboration and communication. About Us Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) is a publicly-traded company (HKEX Stock Code:388) and one of the world's leading global exchange groups, offering a range of equity, derivative, commodity, fixed income and other financial markets, products and services, including the London Metals Exchange. As a superconnector and gateway between East and West, HKEX facilitates the two-way flow of capital, ideas and dialogue between China and the rest of world, through its pioneering Connect schemes, increasingly diversified product ecosystem and its deep, liquid and international markets. HKEX is a purpose-led organisation which, across its business and through the work of HKEX Foundation, seeks to connect, promote and progress its markets and the communities it supports for the prosperity of all.

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