SQL Server DBA/Engineer in City of London, London

SQL Server DBA/Engineer
4 Months
£541-563 per day (Inside IR35)
London/Hybrid - 1-2 days per week on site

Job Summary
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

Required 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

Preferred Qualifications

• 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

Key Competencies

• Database architecture
• Performance optimization
• Problem-solving
• Risk awareness
• Accountability
• Technical leadership

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change.