SQL Database Administrator

5 days ago


Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom DGH Recruitment Full time £60,000 - £90,000 per year

SQL Database Administrator (DBA)

Overview

The SQL DBA will be responsible for ensuring reliability, efficiency, and security of critical databases and applications. Involves collaboration with stakeholders, influencing database design, and supporting business continuity and disaster recovery strategies.

Key Responsibilities

  • Maintain and support critical systems and applications.
  • Influence database architecture for efficiency and reliability.
  • Design and implement database solutions, integrations, and data extracts.
  • Support data analytics and reporting needs.
  • Advise on performance tuning for internal and external systems.
  • Contribute to backup and disaster recovery strategies.
  • Provide third-line support for incidents and requests.
  • Communicate with suppliers and vendors for issue resolution and upgrades.
  • Test applications and upgrades for functionality and performance.
  • Document processes and create support guides.
  • Collaborate on security best practices.

Required Experience

  • Proven experience managing technical/support teams in high-pressure environments.
  • Expertise in Microsoft SQL Server (On-Premises and Azure variants).
  • Database management focusing on security, performance, scaling, and cost optimization.
  • Backup strategies, integrity checks, and index maintenance.
  • Custom integrations using T-SQL, functions, and stored procedures.
  • Performance troubleshooting using Blocking, Caching, Wait Statistics, Extended Events, and Query Store.
  • Power BI dataset analysis.
  • Data ingestion into Microsoft Fabric using Azure Data Factory.

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