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Talan

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2003

🏢 Enterprise

☁️ SaaS

💰 Secondary Market on 2020-07

Consulting • Enterprise • SaaS

Talan is a global company specializing in supporting organizations through positive innovation and transformation. With a presence in 18 countries across 5 continents, Talan offers a diverse range of solutions that enhance decision-making, integrate technology into business strategies, and reinvent business models for resilience and operational excellence. Talan excels in data management and governance, AI-powered solutions, cybersecurity, and cloud platforms. By partnering with leading technology providers like Microsoft, SAP, Oracle, and Salesforce, Talan aims to democratize data use and drive low-carbon transitions. The company also focuses on industries such as energy, transport, financial services, and more, providing insights and solutions tailored to the specific needs of these sectors.

📋 Description

• Administer, monitor, maintain, and optimize Microsoft SQL Server environments across the enterprise estate. • Define and promote database standards, governance, and best practices across the organization. • Contribute to the design of data architectures, including data integration approaches, schema development, data quality, storage decisions, and performance considerations. • Install, configure, patch, and manage SQL Server and related database products. • Own and improve backup, recovery, and disaster recovery procedures to ensure operational continuity. • Implement and maintain database security controls in line with enterprise and regulatory requirements. • Drive performance tuning, query optimization, archiving, and broader data lifecycle management. • Act as an SME on SQL scalability and advanced data storage topics, planning and executing enhancement initiatives. • Define non-functional requirements (NFRs) for new services during the design phase. • Participate in technical design discussions and represent operational and platform considerations. • Support low-level solution design for new products and technology implementations. • Provide troubleshooting, consulting, and technical support to development and wider IT teams. • Improve legacy database environments through analysis, modernization, and operational refinement. • Share knowledge with the wider infrastructure team through documentation, technical overviews, and collaborative support.

🎯 Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience administering Microsoft SQL Server in enterprise-scale environments. • Proven background in database monitoring, backup/recovery, patching, security, and performance tuning. • Experience with high-availability, resilience, and scalability across database platforms. • Solid understanding of database architecture, schema design, and data integration principles. • Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments. • Experience in complex, business-critical infrastructures with strong operational requirements. • Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with architecture, infrastructure, and engineering teams. • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline. • Nice to have: Experience in regulated environments, especially financial services. • Exposure to DevOps / DevSecOps practices. • Experience acting as a SQL Cloud Technology SME. • Microsoft certifications. • Experience contributing to architectural decisions and non-functional design requirements. • Exposure to legacy estate modernization initiatives.

🏖️ Benefits

• smart office • private medical inssurance • flexible remuneration • extra holidays