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Database Administration and Data Management Analyst, LB RICHMOND UPON THAMES & LB WANDSWORTH
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Job Title: Database Administration and Data Management Analyst
Salary Range
£46,206 – £62,451 per annum
Employment Type
Permanent – Fulltime (36 Hours)
Location
Wandsworth and Richmond
About The Role
Are you passionate about data, databases, and ensuring critical services run reliably and securely?
As a Database Administration and Data Management Analyst, you will play a key role in supporting the systems and data that underpin essential local government services.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a forward-thinking Digital, Data & Technology team where you will help ensure the reliability, security, and effective management of data services that support vital services for local communities.
In this role, you will:
- Take ownership of database platforms and data management processes, ensuring they remain secure, resilient, high-performing, and fit for purpose.
- Help maintain the integrity of business-critical data, support service continuity, and contribute to the organisation's wider data governance and enterprise data management objectives.
- Work with colleagues across Digital, Data & Technology and service areas to support the effective management, protection, and optimisation of data.
- Drive continuous improvement, reduce operational risk, and ensure that data remains a trusted asset that enables better outcomes for residents and communities.
Key Responsibilities
- Own and support database platforms, ensuring their performance, availability, resilience, and security.
- Monitor, diagnose, and resolve database and data-related incidents, problems, and performance issues.
- Manage backup, recovery, high-availability, and disaster recovery processes.
- Support data migrations, data loads, integrations, and data transformation activities.
- Apply and maintain data governance standards, controls, and policies.
- Support the management of data quality, metadata, data structures, and data catalogues.
- Ensure database environments comply with data protection, security, and regulatory requirements.
- Provide technical advice and recommendations on database operations, resilience, and service improvement.
- Support reliable and secure datasets used for reporting and analytics platforms, including Power BI environments.
- Identify and implement opportunities for automation, optimisation, and continuous improvement.
- Produce and maintain clear technical documentation, processes, and procedures.
- Act as a subject matter expert, sharing knowledge and supporting colleagues across the organisation.
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Qualifications, Skills, and Experience
To be successful in this role, you will have knowledge of:
- Database administration principles, including performance management, resilience, and security within live environments.
- SQL Server database technologies and operational support.
- Relational database design, indexing, optimisation, and performance tuning.
- Data management practices, including data quality, metadata, governance, and stewardship.
- Data protection legislation, information security principles, and GDPR compliance requirements.
Essential Qualifications, Skills, and Experience
The following criteria will be used for shortlisting and assessment:
- Proven experience as a Database Administrator or Data Management professional, supporting and maintaining databases within live production environments.
- Strong technical expertise in SQL Server, including the ability to write, optimise, and troubleshoot SQL queries, scripts, and database processes.
- Experience managing, transforming, and consolidating data from multiple sources, with a strong understanding of data quality and governance principles.
- Demonstrable experience independently resolving complex database or data-related issues, balancing service continuity, data integrity, operational risk, and compliance requirements.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to interpret business and technical requirements and work effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
- A data or database-related qualification, or equivalent professional experience, together with SQL Server training or certification.
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Recruitment Timeline
- Closing Date: Sunday 02nd August 2026.
- Shortlisting Date: W/C 03rd August 2026
- Interview Date: TBC
We may close this vacancy early once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Useful Information
Richmond & Wandsworth Better Service Partnership are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know.
We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such, appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working, and a generous pension plan.
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