About this role
Salary: £? - ? per year
Requirements
- Bachelors degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field
- Strong experience in SQL database administration and architecture
- 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: Experience with SQL Server clustering, replication, Always On, or similar high-availability solutions
- Preferred: Exposure to cloud database platforms and migration projects
- Preferred: Familiarity with automation, scripting, and database deployment tools
- Preferred: Experience supporting large-scale enterprise or customer-facing environments
- Preferred: Relevant certifications in SQL Server, database administration, or cloud platforms
- Key competencies: database architecture, performance optimization, problem-solving, risk awareness, accountability, and technical leadership
Responsibilities
- Design and maintain SQL database architecture aligned with 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
Technologies
- ARM
- Cloud
- Support
- SQL
- Security
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We are advertising a four-month SQL Server DBA/Engineer contract in London, with hybrid working and one to two days per week on site. The role is offered at a day rate and is Inside IR35. We are ARM, a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy providing technical contingency recruitment and resource solutions across the technical arena. We will not send your CV without your permission. Where an advertisement marks a role Outside IR35, that status is subject to a final Status Determination Statement from the end client and may change.
last updated 46 week of 2026