SQL Server DBA

DBA - SQL Server
Midlands/London/Sheffield (1-2 days per month in office)
£45,000 - £55,000
Sponsorship: Not available

VIQU have partnered with a well-established financial services organisation undergoing a major cloud transformation, currently moving their SQL Server estate into Azure. This is a brand-new role, giving you the opportunity to take real ownership as the dedicated DBA leading this migration journey.

This position is ideal for a mid-level DBA who enjoys hands-on technical work and wants to play a key role in shaping a modern, cloud-first database environment.

The Role
You'll be responsible for managing a sizeable estate of ~60 production databases, ensuring performance, stability, and optimisation across the platform. A major focus will be working closely with development teams to refactor queries, improve performance, and support best practices across SQL and Azure.

You'll also play a key role in the ongoing migration to Azure, gaining exposure to cloud technologies while driving improvements in database performance and scalability.

Key Responsibilities

• SQL Server administration across production and non-production environments

• Performance tuning, optimisation, and query refactoring

• Writing efficient T-SQL and analysing execution plans

• Supporting and collaborating with developers to improve database performance

• Contributing to Azure migration and cloud optimisation initiatives

• Managing backups, security, and database maintenance

Key Requirements

• 3-5 years' experience as a SQL Server DBA or similar

• Strong T-SQL skills and experience optimising queries

• Proven experience in performance tuning and database optimisation

• Ability to work closely with development teams

• Exposure to Azure SQL or cloud environments (desirable)

• Experience working with multiple databases in a production environment

Nice to Have

• Experience in financial services or pensions

• Exposure to database monitoring tools (eg Redgate, SolarWinds)

• Understanding of HA/DR concepts

This is a great opportunity to step into a role with real ownership, where you'll lead on database performance and play a pivotal role in a business-critical cloud migration.

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