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SQL DBA

HAYS Specialist Recruitment
Liverpool, United Kingdom
3 weeks ago
£50,000 – £60,000 pa

Salary

£50,000 – £60,000 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Senior
Education
Degree
Posted
14 May 2026 (3 weeks ago)
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SQL DBA

Liverpool + 1 day Home working

Up to £60,000

Your new role

To administer and manage the organisation's SQL Server estate, ensuring that the reliability, integrity, security and performance of these systems are maintained. Responsible for configuration, maintenance, optimisation, upgrades/update, and overall database performance within the group. Taking a proactive approach to adopting best practice and emerging technologies.

Responsibilities

Work with Agile development teams to design, build, optimise and implement databases for a range of existing and new products

Proactively manage the day-to-day operations of the databases and infrastructure

Management of SQL servers, including configuration, tuning, backups, and DR

Management of database transitions through different environments (dev, test, live, migrations, etc.)

Ensure that all databases are functioning optimally, are scalable, and regularly maintained, providing regular reports to your line manager

Keep current with the Microsoft SQL Server roadmap and support lifecycle; proactively plan upgrades/patching and provide visibility of lifecycle risk

Understand the department's strategic objectives and support and deliver the related initiatives.

Experience needed

Experience in a fast moving IT department at a senior technical level.

Must have worked in a similar capacity within a multi-site medium to large scale enterprise

A deep and demonstrable understanding of SQL, including:-

  • SQL Server versions
  • Installation and patching of SQL
  • HA solutions, including AlwaysOn availability groups and clustered instances
  • ETL tools and techniques
  • Performance tuning SQL Queries and Stored Procedures
  • Monitoring and alerting

Basic understanding of ITIL principles and how they benefit the smooth running of IT operations

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