SQL Server DBA/Engineer
Job in
City Of London, Central London, Greater London, England, UK
Listing for:
ARM
Part Time
position
Listed on 2026-11-13
Job specializations:
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IT/Tech
Job Description & How to Apply Below
SQL Server DBA/Engineer
4 Months
£541-563 per day (Inside IR35)
London/Hybrid - 1-2 days per week on site
The SQL DBA Engineer is responsible for designing, managing, and optimizing SQL database environments to ensure performance, availability, scalability, and security across business-critical systems. The role combines database architecture, administration, performance tuning, governance, backup and recovery planning, and support for application and infrastructure teams.
Key Responsibilities- Design and maintain SQL database architecture aligned to business and application requirements
- Administer, monitor, and optimize SQL database environments for performance, reliability, and scalability
- Lead database installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, and migration activities
- Define and implement backup, recovery, disaster recovery, and high-availability strategies
- Troubleshoot database issues, performance bottlenecks, and system failures
- Support capacity planning, database health checks, and performance tuning initiatives
- Ensure database security, access controls, compliance, and audit readiness
- Work closely with application, infrastructure, and development teams on database-related requirements
- Develop and maintain database standards, policies, and technical documentation
- Provide technical guidance on SQL best practices, architecture decisions, and database optimization
Skills and Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field
- Strong experience in SQL database administration and architecture roles
- Deep understanding of database design, performance tuning, backup and recovery, and high-availability solutions
- Experience with database monitoring, troubleshooting, and capacity planning
- Knowledge of security, compliance, and operational controls for database environments
- Ability to support complex database environments across production and non-production systems
- Strong analytical, documentation, and problem-solving skills
- Good communication and stakeholder coordination abilities
- Experience with SQL Server clustering, replication, Always On, or similar high-availability solutions
- Exposure to cloud database platforms and migration projects
- Familiarity with automation, scripting, and database deployment tools
- Experience supporting large-scale enterprise or customer-facing environments
- Relevant certifications in SQL Server, database administration, or cloud platforms
- Database architecture
- Performance optimization
- Problem-solving
- Risk awareness
- Accountability
- Technical leadership
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