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ICT Senior Database Administrator

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children -
London

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Job details

Permanent | Full-time
£66,274 - £73,496 a year
4 days ago

Benefits

UK visa sponsorship

Qualifications

ITIL Certification
Microsoft Access
Azure
Oracle
Microsoft SQL Server
SSRS
SQL
Database administration
AWS
Database management
ITIL
IT
SSIS
Business requirements
Negotiation
High availability
PRINCE2 Certification

Full job description

Main area

ICT Database administrator

Grade

Band 8a

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Job ref

271-ICT-7880914-A

Site

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

Town

London

Salary

£66,274 - £73,496 per annum inclusive

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

12/08/2026 23:59

Job overview

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced ICT Senior Database Administrator to join our ICT team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a leading role in maintaining and developing the database platforms that support critical clinical and non-clinical services across one of the world’s leading children’s hospitals. In this role, you will help ensure that our database environments remain secure, resilient, high performing and fit for the future.

As ICT Senior Database Administrator, you will work within a highly specialist environment, supporting a large and diverse estate of SQL Server and other database technologies that underpin essential Trust systems.

This permanent role is based at Great Ormond Street Hospital in central London and is offered at Agenda for Change Band 8a, 37.5 hours per week.

**Previous candidates need not to apply**

Main duties of the job

Maintain the availability, performance and security of Trust database platforms that support clinical and non-clinical applications.
Provide expert administration of SQL Server environments and other relational database management systems.
Lead on database backup, recovery, patching and resilience to ensure service continuity and compliance with service expectations.
Troubleshoot complex database issues and work closely with internal teams and third-party suppliers to deliver timely resolutions.
Support database-related projects, system improvements and operational performance initiatives across the Trust.
Promote best practice in database usage, security and governance with technical teams and business stakeholders.
Help ensure that data is accessible only to appropriately authorised personnel.

Working for our organisation

We are committed to recruiting the best person for the job through a fair, open and consistent process that is free from bias and discrimination.

We are working towards becoming an anti-racist organisation. This means creating a workplace where every colleague feels seen, heard and valued, and where racism in any form has no place. Our anti-racism commitment is backed by action through our Anti-Racism Statement and action plan, developed in collaboration with our REACH staff network.

We actively challenge discrimination, dismantle barriers and embed equity across all aspects of our workforce, including recruitment, progression and development. All applicants will receive equal consideration regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, health condition or employment history.

We particularly welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, people with disabilities or long-term health conditions, and LGBTQ+ community members. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a member of the Business Disability Forum, and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.

Our staff networks, including REACH, PRIDE, ENABLED and Women’s Networks, are active and executive supported. These employee-led networks play a vital role in shaping an inclusive culture at GOSH and are open to all colleagues.

Together, we are building a culture where inclusion is not optional - it is essential.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below.

Person specification

Academic/Professional qualification/Training

Essential criteria

Educated to degree level, or equivalent (i.e. extensive experience in senior DBA role)
MS SQL DBA Qualification
ITIL Foundation Qualification

Desirable criteria

Professional membership (BCS or UKCHIP minimum level 2)
Prince 2 Foundation qualification

GOSH Culture and Values

Essential criteria

Our Always values

Experience/Knowledge

Essential criteria

Minimum 5 years technical DBA experience gained within a busy IT Operations department
Experience of troubleshooting technical and performance problems with SQL Server architectures
Experience of troubleshooting technical and performance problems with other RDBMS architectures
Demonstrable experience porting data from different environments to SQL Clusters (i.e. MS Access, Oracle, etc.)
Significant demonstrable experience in a role that required the day-to-day line management including management to and enforcement of SLAs
Demonstrable knowledge of an environment that utilised the technologies below: SSRS SSIS HA SQL Server clusters

Desirable criteria

Experience of working in the NHS
Experience of project work using the industry recognised methodologies such as Prince2 or ITIL
Significant demonstrable experience in a role that utilised the ITIL framework in the delivery of service.
Experience of configuring and managing SQL in a public cloud platform such as AWS or Azure

Skills/Abilities

Essential criteria

Strong negotiating and influencing skills – able to work positively as a team manager
Highly articulate - particularly able to express technical ideas to a non-technical audience
Strong written skills
Ability to reprioritise work streams as required by unexpected events
Ability to translate user / business requirements into technical plans / proposals
Technical expertise in all the core areas covered by the department

Please be advised that:

The recruitment process for all admin and clerical roles at Bands 2-4 will be a two stage recruitment process whereby shortlisted candidates will undertake an online literacy, numeracy, ICT and typing test. Only those candidates who pass the competency test will proceed to a formal interview.

The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions where we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. It is therefore advisable that you submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification criteria for this post will be shortlisted. Please note that where high volumes of applicants have been received, additional criteria may on occasion be used to determine the final shortlist.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .

We are an accredited Living Wage Employer.

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Job overview

Main duties of the job

Working for our organisation

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Person specification

Academic/Professional qualification/Training

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

GOSH Culture and Values

Essential criteria

Experience/Knowledge

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Skills/Abilities

Essential criteria

Please be advised that:

Applicant requirements