Database Administrator

Database Administrator - SQL Server

Title: Database Administrator - SQL Server

Department: Procode IT

Location: Chandlers Ford with 2 days per week in Hutwood Court offices

Salary: £65,750 Circa plus up to 15% bonus

Sponsorship: Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role

Do you have excellent SQL Server skills in Azure (IaaS & PaaS) and an interest in other databases?

Have you optimised enterprise-scale databases for performance, availability, and scalability in a production environment?

Can you confidently automate database deployments and integrate them into CI/CD pipelines?

Do you understand ITIL-aligned incident and change management processes and how they apply to database operations?

If you answered "yes" to all four, you might be exactly who we're looking for

About Procode

We're powering digital transformation through smart, scalable technology. We build solutions that make a real difference, whether it's for our clients, our communities, or our people. As we continue to grow, we're looking for a skilled and proactive Database Administrator to join our team and help us maintain the integrity, performance, and scalability of our data systems.

What You'll Be Doing

As a Database Administrator, you'll be at the heart of our data operations, ensuring our cloud and on prem databases (Azure SQL Server database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, MySQL, MongoDB, Cosmos, Postgres) are secure, efficient, and future-proof. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Developing and maintaining database procedures and documentation.
• Managing database configurations, installations, upgrades, and performance tuning.
• Monitoring database activity and resource usage to optimize performance.
• Collaborating with software development teams to improve query efficiency and application performance.
• Designing and managing database backup & recovery strategies
• Providing high availability and scalability techniques for relevant database products
• Automating provisioning, testing, and deployment of database objects.
• Identifying and resolving operational issues, contributing to continuous improvement.
• Supporting virtualised environments and contributing to installation and maintenance planning.

What You'll bring

We're looking for someone with a deep technical expertise in Azure SQL Server & Azure SQL Managed Instance alongside additional knowledge or an interest in other databases (MySQL, MongoDB, Cosmos, Postgress, Oracle) and a collaborative mindset.

You'll have expert-level knowledge of relational database systems across multiple vendors. This includes a strong grasp of installation best practices, automation, performance troubleshooting and enhancement, capacity planning, and code optimisation.

You'll also need to be proficient in SQL query tuning and understand techniques for ensuring high availability and scalability. Experience in data protection, backup, and recovery of database-stored information is essential.

In addition, you should have a solid working knowledge of IT infrastructure, particularly storage systems, and be familiar with user access control principles. Exposure to non-relational database types, such as key-pair stores and time series databases, is also valuable.

A good understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) is important, as is familiarity with ITIL processes including event, incident, problem, and change management. Holding an ITIL V3 or V4 Foundation certification would be a strong advantage, as it demonstrates your ability to navigate and apply these frameworks effectively within a technical environment.

This role will involve on-call working on a rota basis (24/7).

To be successful in this role you will be required to pass an enhanced security vetting process.

Why Join Us?

At Procode, you'll be part of a forward-thinking team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer:

• Up to15% Bonus Scheme, made up of personal and company elements.
• Career progression, we're an expanding organisation.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Pension scheme, company contribution at 4% of your salary when you contribute 5%.

• The opportunity to win tickets to major outdoor events including, gigs and shows at arenas around the UK.

• We offer an EV car scheme. Qualifying terms and conditions apply.

• A health care scheme that includes dental, eye care, treatments, and diagnostics health consultations.
• Death in service – we pay three times your annual salary to your designated next of kin, giving them peace of mind should you sadly pass away during service.
• Employee Assistance Programme with access to counselling support, legal and financial advice 24/7 365 days a year, as well as a GP line and Your Care.
• We also offer all our staff a paid volunteering day every year. Plus, the chance to be involved in various fund-raising opportunities.

The Luxion Group comprises of the following companies – Luxion Group Ltd, Utilita Energy Ltd, Luxion Sales Ltd, Utilita Field Services Ltd, Procode Technology Ltd and Canary Care Global Ltd.