SQL Database Administrator

SQL Database Administrator – SC Cleared – London/remote – 6-months

My Customer is seeking an experienced SQL Database Administrator to join a large-scale infrastructure team, supporting a range of critical database transformation and migration projects.

You'll play a key role in delivering database solutions, supporting application migrations, and ensuring SQL environments are secure, resilient, and built to a consistently high standard.

Skills required from the SQL Database Administrator:

• Active SC Clearance (mandatory).
• Experience in a Critical National Infrastructure environment
• Strong commercial experience administering Microsoft SQL Server environments.
• Experience working with SQL Server 2016 through to SQL Server 2025.
• Excellent knowledge of Always On Availability Groups, Windows Clustering and High Availability/Disaster Recovery technologies.
• Experience administering SSRS, SSIS and SSAS.
• Strong understanding of SQL Server upgrades, migrations and performance optimisation.
• Experience supporting SQL Server within VMware virtualised environments.
• Knowledge of PowerShell and Power BI.
• Experience working within structured Change Management and Incident Management processes.
• Familiarity with BMC Remedy/Helix or similar ITSM platforms.

Key responsibilities of the SQL Database Administrator:

• Build, configure and administer Microsoft SQL Server environments using established standards and best practices.
• Deliver SQL database upgrades, migrations and transformation activities across multiple environments.
• Perform database backups, restores and recovery activities to support ongoing projects.
• Carry out quality assurance checks to ensure newly deployed databases meet technical and operational standards.
• Support the retirement and decommissioning of legacy SQL environments.
• Work closely with Infrastructure, Security and Application teams to deliver successful project outcomes.
• Assist with application and database migrations to new infrastructure, virtual environments and data centres.

The SQL DBA is required onsite 50% of the time in Central London.

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