About this role
Salary: £? - ? per year
Requirements: Active SC Clearance is mandatory.Experience in a Critical National Infrastructure environment.Strong commercial experience administering Microsoft SQL Server environments.Experience working with SQL Server 2016 through to SQL Server 2025.Excellent knowledge of Always On Availability Groups, Windows Clustering, and High Availability/Disaster Recovery technologies.Experience administering SSRS, SSIS, and SSAS.Strong understanding of SQL Server upgrades, migrations, and performance optimisation.Experience supporting SQL Server within VMware virtualised environments.Knowledge of PowerShell and Power BI.Experience working within structured Change Management and Incident Management processes.Familiarity with BMC Remedy/Helix or similar ITSM platforms. Responsibilities: Build, configure, and administer Microsoft SQL Server environments using established standards and best practices.Deliver SQL database upgrades, migrations, and transformation activities across multiple environments.Perform database backups, restores, and recovery activities to support ongoing projects.Carry out quality assurance checks to ensure newly deployed databases meet technical and operational standards.Support the retirement and decommissioning of legacy SQL environments.Work closely with Infrastructure, Security, and Application teams to deliver successful project outcomes.Assist with application and database migrations to new infrastructure, virtual environments, and data centres. Technologies: SupportITSMPower BIPowerShellSQLSecuritySSASSSISVMwareWindows More:
We are seeking an experienced SQL Database Administrator to join a large-scale infrastructure team, supporting critical database transformation and migration projects. You will help deliver secure, resilient SQL environments built to a consistently high standard. This is a 6-month role based in London/remote, with onsite attendance required 50% of the time in Central London.
last updated 29 week of 2026