Production Database Administrator

The DESC (Digital Evidence Sharing Capability) programme is a large scale, complex programme designed to be transformative in its ambition to modernise the Criminal Justice System in Scotland. Working in conjunction with a 3rd party market leading vendor and software solution the programme seeks to use technology to support the capture, storage, editing and sharing of Digital Evidence between and across CJ Partners. DESC is also regarded as a critical enabler for further change and transformation in this key area. The programme involves a range of Criminal Justice partners including Police Scotland, Scottish Government, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS), Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) and the Defence Community.

Under the direction of the Production DBA Lead, you will be making a valuable contribution to providing professional technical services to adapt, transform and improve Police Scotland’s systems in line with the policing 2026 Strategy. Additionally you will be responsible for maintaining the existing database estate in terms of capacity, performance, availability and ongoing developments and upgrades.

As a successful Production DBA you will be educated to degree level in a computing or software discipline or have the relevant experience within the database administration technical field. You are required to have an understanding and knowledge with either Oracle RDBMS or Microsoft SQL Server database experience as well as the surrounding technologies required to support and develop these databases. Additionally you should have good communication, problem solving and analytical skills.

This full time post is temporary for 18 months with an end date of September 2023 and requires Management Vetting and Security Clearance. You will work 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday 0900 – 1700 hours.

Full details regarding this vacancy can be found in the attached Role Profile.

Applicants must be a British citizen, a member of the EU or other states in the EEA, a Commonwealth citizen or a foreign national free of restrictions.

You should also have been resident in the UK for a minimum of five years immediately prior to application.