SQL DBA

Salary: £50,000 - 50,000 per year

Requirements:

• Commercial experience as a SQL Database Administrator or SQL Server DBA.
• Strong administration experience across Microsoft SQL Server.
• Experience with Azure SQL Database or Azure-based SQL environments.
• Knowledge of backup, recovery, high availability and disaster recovery solutions.
• Experience with SQL performance tuning, optimisation and troubleshooting.
• Understanding of SQL Server security, permissions and database governance.
• Experience supporting production environments and following change control processes.
• PowerShell scripting or SQL automation experience would be advantageous.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with a proactive approach to continuous improvement.
• Desirable experience includes Always On Availability Groups, replication or failover technologies.
• Desirable experience includes exposure to PostgreSQL, MySQL or Oracle.
• Desirable experience includes Azure infrastructure and cloud services.
• Desirable experience includes infrastructure monitoring and alerting tools.
• Desirable experience includes cyber security best practices and vulnerability management.

Responsibilities:

• Administer, maintain and optimise Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL environments.
• Manage database backups, restores and disaster recovery processes, ensuring data integrity and business continuity.
• Monitor and tune database performance, identifying bottlenecks and implementing improvements.
• Develop and maintain database maintenance plans covering indexing, statistics, integrity checks and housekeeping.
• Ensure high availability and resilience across production database environments.
• Support database security through access management, permissions and least-privilege principles.
• Work closely with infrastructure and software engineering teams to support application deployments and database changes.
• Assist with Windows Server administration, patching and platform maintenance where required.
• Investigate database incidents, perform root cause analysis and implement preventative improvements.
• Produce and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures and recovery processes.
• Participate in an out-of-hours support rota for critical incidents.

Technologies:

• Azure
• Cloud
• Support
• MySQL
• Oracle
• PostgreSQL
• PowerShell
• SQL
• Security
• Windows

More:

We are a leading organisation offering a SQL Database Administrator opportunity within our Infrastructure team in Wigan, with hybrid working and just 2 days per week on-site. We offer a salary of up to £50,000, an excellent pension, professional development, holiday allowance and clear career progression. In this role, you will have real ownership of critical SQL Server and Azure SQL environments, with the chance to influence performance, resilience and future improvements while working with a supportive team and modern Microsoft technologies.

last updated 32 week of 2026