Database Administrator

SQL Database Administrator

Initially 3 months (extensions likely 12+ months)

£300-350 per day, Outside IR35

Fully Remote

Must be UK based

Unify is proud to be exclusively representing an expanding digital transformation consultancy, who are looking to engage the services of an experienced SQL Database Administrator, on an Outside IR35 basis.

We're looking for a DBA with strong PostGresql DB experience, and good knowledge of infrastructure and VM's.

A general understanding of Mongo DB and Sybase DB would be a bonus (not essential).

Operating System Knowledge

You should have a good working understanding of server operating systems that host and support database services, including but not limited to:

Windows Server 2022

Windows Server 2025

CentOS 7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Experience should include navigating the operating system, reviewing services, checking logs, investigating performance issues, supporting permissions and access, and working with infrastructure or platform teams where required.

Typical Activities

The role is expected to include the following activities:

Database maintenance and health checks

Should have the ability to optimise performance as well as write and understand complex queries

Monitoring database availability, performance and alerts

Monitoring disk usage, storage growth and filesystem capacity

Capacity management and forecasting for database and server resources

Troubleshooting database, service, connectivity and operating system issues

Investigating failed jobs, alerts, locks, blocking, slow queries and operational issues

Supporting database migrations and upgrades

Applying database and operating system patches

Supporting service and server restarts

Supporting backup, restore and recovery activities

Managing database users, roles, permissions and access requests

Supporting access reviews and least-privilege access controls

Reviewing logs across database and operating system layers

Working with infrastructure, application and support teams to resolve incidents

Supporting planned change activity through appropriate change control processes

Producing and maintaining operational documentation, runbooks and support notes

BAU Support Responsibilities

You should be comfortable carrying out regular BAU support tasks, including:

Checking database and server health

Reviewing monitoring dashboards and responding to alerts

Tracking disk, CPU, memory and storage utilisation

Identifying capacity risks before they become service-impacting

Investigating operating system-level issues affecting database availability or performance

Checking database services, scheduled jobs and backups

Supporting user access, permissions and privilege changes

Validating that services have restarted correctly after patching or maintenance

Escalating infrastructure, network or application issues where required

Maintaining clear records of incidents, changes and actions taken

This engagement will be initially 3 months, with very likely extensions for 1-2 years.

Please apply by submitting your latest CV for immediate review.

Thanks