Person Specification

Academic/Professional qualification/Training

Essential

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

Desirable

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

GOSH Culture and Values

Essential

• Our Always values

Experience/Knowledge

Essential

• Minimum 5 years of technical DBA experience gained within a busy IT Operations department
• Experience in troubleshooting technical and performance problems with SQL Server architectures
• Experience in 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 of and enforcement of SLAs
• Demonstrable knowledge of an environment that utilised the technologies below: SSRS, SSIS, HA SQL Server clusters

Desirable

• 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

• 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

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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 (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 07 June 2026