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DBA (SQL) - 6-month FTC

Hiring Organisation
Saga Group
Location
Folkestone, Kent, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£45,000
team. You will report to the Lead Technology Engineer and work alongside our expert DBAs. In this role you will be responsible for the availability, security, performance and stability of the SQL platforms used across the Saga Group. We will require you to have at least mid-level skill … need to be proficient with backups/recovery, monitoring, security, and SSIS/SSRS for ETL/reporting and monitoring tools. Also, knowledge of high availability (e.g., Always On, clustering), disaster recovery, security management and data migration would be beneficial for this FTC support to the team. ...

SQL Server DBA

Hiring Organisation
Pontoon
Location
Chester, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£500/hour
Opportunity We're partnering with a leading global financial services organisation to find an experienced SQL Server Database Administrator. This role sits within a high-performing technology environment responsible for supporting large-scale, business-critical database platforms. You'll work as part of a collaborative team ensuring database systems … security, and availability. Implement and maintain data models, database designs, and access structures. Monitor database health and performance, proactively diagnosing and resolving issues. Support high availability and disaster recovery solutions, including clustering, database mirroring, log shipping, and AlwaysOn replication. Perform database performance tuning and optimisation using tools such ...

Sybase Database Administrator

Hiring Organisation
Pontoon
Location
Bromley, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£550 - £650/day
lookout for a skilled Sybase Database Administrator (DBA) to join us on a contract basis. If you thrive in high-stakes environments and have a passion for database management, we want to hear from you! Key Responsibilities: Installing, configuring, and maintaining Sybase ASE and Replication Server environments. Managing database … resource allocation. Diagnosing and resolving blocking, deadlocks, contention, and execution plan issues. Maintaining and improving backup and recovery strategies using Sybase Backup Server. Supporting high-availability and replication architectures, including DR environments. Conducting regular recovery testing and ensuring compliance with DR procedures. Providing L2/L3 support ...

Oracle 11g DBA

Hiring Organisation
BrightBox Group
Location
United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£500/day
within a 24 by 7 live service environment. This role focuses on operational stability, incident resolution, performance optimisation and secure database management across a high availability Oracle estate. Responsibilities Provide production support for Oracle 11g databases within a 24 by 7 live service environment Diagnose and resolve incidents … capability Experience of performance diagnostics and tuning Experience supporting Oracle on Linux or Unix platforms Familiarity with ITIL aligned service management processes Experience supporting high availability and mission critical systems Desirable Skills: Experience with OEM, ASM or RAC Exposure to later Oracle versions Scripting capability in Shell ...

OpenShift Architecture & Migration Design Specialist

Hiring Organisation
KBC Technologies UK LTD
Location
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£200 - £300 per day
including cluster topology, networking, and storage. Define best practices for OpenShift cluster deployment , including multi-zone and multi-region architectures . Ensure solutions meet high availability, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery requirements . Provide architectural guidance for containerized platforms and Kubernetes-based workloads . Migration Planning & Execution Assess … experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub, or ArgoCD . Experience implementing DevOps workflows in container environments . Strong knowledge of high availability, scalability, and security architecture . ...

Oracle DBA with AWS Postgres Migration - Manchester, UK

Hiring Organisation
Randstad Digital
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£600 - £700 per day
experienced Oracle DBA for a 6-month engagement with. In this standalone, mission-critical role, you will be the ultimate technical authority for a high-availability database estate. The Role: Act as the go-to technical expert for Oracle Database 12c, taking full ownership of stability, security … performance. Diagnose and resolve complex performance issues on high-volume transactional workloads (using AWR/ASH, SQL tuning, and execution plan reviews). Design, test, and manage robust RMAN backup and recovery strategies. Partner with Dev and QA teams to advise on schema design, query patterns, and operational impact. ...

NHS Band 5 Server and Storage Administrator

Hiring Organisation
Salt Search
Location
Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£160 per day
engineering role where your technical decisions matter. We're looking for a sharp, proactive Server & Storage Engineer to own and optimise a complex, high-availability environment. What You'll Be Doing Own server infrastructure (Windows/Linux) across a multi-site environment Deliver 2nd/3rd line support … Patch management & system security Networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP) Proven ability to debug complex infrastructure issues end-to-end Experience working in high-availability/mission-critical environments Confident delivering 3rd line support and owning incidents Experience with enterprise server hardware (maintenance, upgrades, replacements) Familiarity with ...

Oracle DBA (SC Clearance) - Leeds, UK

Hiring Organisation
Randstad Digital
Location
Leeds, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£600 - £700 per day
month engagement with PIN Communications. In this standalone, mission-critical role, you will be the ultimate technical authority for a high-availability database estate. Must-Have: You MUST hold a Current and Active SC Clearance to be considered. The Role: Act as the go-to technical expert … Oracle Database 12c, taking full ownership of stability, security, and performance. Diagnose and resolve complex performance issues on high-volume transactional workloads (using AWR/ASH, SQL tuning, and execution plan reviews). Design, test, and manage robust RMAN backup and recovery strategies. Lead database patching (PSU/ ...

Mainframe DB2 System Admin

Hiring Organisation
DCV Technologies
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Admin Location: Edinburgh or Ireland or London (Hybrid-2/3 days from office) 6 months contract position Role description: The ideal candidate ensures high availability and optimal performance of the DB2 subsystem. This role requires deep technical knowledge of SMP/E, z/OS internals … monitoring. Security : Implement and manage DB2 security using RACF, ACF2, or Top Secret. Key skills/knowledge/experience: The ideal candidate ensures high availability and optimal performance of the DB2 subsystem. This role requires deep technical knowledge of SMP/E, z/OS internals, and third ...

DV Cleared Infrastructure Engineers

Hiring Organisation
Fuel Recruitment
Location
Somerset, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP 550 Daily
cleared infrastructure engineers to work on an exciting project with on eo four defence clients. You will build the foundational layer of a secure, high-assurance private cloud designed with our clients private cloud principles and patterns. This role is responsible for the physical and logical installation and bring … migration working with Windows Server Administration. Working on the fabric underlay you will configure and harden Cisco Nexus Leaf/Spine architectures to support high-throughput, low-latency traffic and work on enterprise storage initialize and present NetApp storage arrays, ensuring data-at-rest encryption is strictly enforced. Working ...

Senior SQL DBA

Hiring Organisation
Infoplus Technologies UK Ltd
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
From £350 to £370 per day
functions can fulfil the collective mission of promoting monetary and financial stability for the good of the UK. We achieve this by delivering resilient, high performing, secure technology solutions and information services across the organisation. Technology operates on a clear and efficient model: Analyse Deliver Service Secure, ensuring transparency … Server databases across the Banks environment. Configure, optimise, and support SQL Server instances and associated processes. Monitor overall system health, performance, and capacity. Ensure high levels of availability, resilience, performance, and security. Troubleshoot and resolve incidents in real time. Provide recommendations for improvements and corrective actions. Operational Excellence ...

Performance Analyst - £400+ per day Inside IR35 - Remote/Leeds

Hiring Organisation
Exalto Consulting ltd
Location
West Yorkshire, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£400+ per day Inside IR35
months Exalto Consulting is supporting a major UK public sector digital programme in the search for an experienced Performance Analyst to join a high-impact DevOps service. This role sits within a nationally significant platform used by over 40 million people. The work is meaningful, visible, and directly contributes … similar) Experience & Context Background working in agile or DevOps environments Experience handling sensitive or regulated data (ideally within healthcare or similar sectors) Understanding of high-availability, high-volume digital services Exposure to the UK healthcare landscape or NHS systems is beneficial About Exalto Consulting At Exalto Consulting ...

Site Reliability Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Sphere Digital Recruitment
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£550 - £551 per day
defining reliability standards, influencing architectural improvements, managing complex incidents, and building automation to improve deployment safety and operational efficiency. Your work will directly support high-traffic systems used by a global audience. Key Responsibilities Reliability & Risk Engineering My client is looking for someone who can: Identify systemic reliability risks … network infrastructure is key Experiecne working as senrio SRE particularly around AWS Architecture & Resilience You will: Review and influence system architecture to improve scalability, availability, and fault isolation Design strategies for high availability, graceful degradation, and disaster recovery Evaluate trade-offs between performance, cost, and operational risk ...

Integration Architect

Hiring Organisation
Stackstudio Digital Ltd
Location
Norwich, Norfolk, East Anglia, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
From £550 to £575 per day
/SNS, Kinesis Streams/Firehose, and Kafka Connect. Establish integration standards, best practices, reusable frameworks, and governance models. Design solutions that ensure high availability, scalability, observability, and security. Evaluate system integration options and recommend optimal patterns (Pub/Sub, CQRS, event sourcing, streaming analytics, request-response APIs … Experience designing event-driven and microservices architectures. Strong knowledge of: API integration patterns (REST, GraphQL) ETL/ELT and data pipelines Distributed system design High throughput and low-latency data streaming Good understanding of Java/Python/Node.js for integration logic. Familiarity with containerization & orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes). ...

DevOps Engineer - Active SC, Linux, AWS

Hiring Organisation
Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£425 per day
Proven commercial experience working as a DevOps Engineer within the Public Sector. Active SC Clearance. Strong experience with Linux (RHEL/Ubuntu), AWS, and high-availability Kubernetes environments (EKS/RKE) including load balancing and multi-site failover. Proficient in containerisation and orchestration using Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm. ...

SAS Environment & Configuration Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Damia Group LTD
Location
Telford, Shropshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP Daily
engineers and DevOps teams to integrate SAS with Oracle, GitLab CI/CD pipelines, and other enterprise platforms. Monitor and optimise platform performance, ensuring high availability and compliance with security standards. Provide technical support and troubleshooting for SAS users and developers. Automate environment provisioning and data transfers using ...

Infrastructure Project Manager

Hiring Organisation
EMBL-EBI
Location
Saffron Walden, Essex, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
Contract Rate
£85,000
tools (e.g., Terraform). Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and production monitoring/observability tools. Understanding of cloud security, identity and access management, high availability, and disaster recovery practices. Soft Skills Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities. Excellent communication and collaboration skills. Ability to work effectively within interdisciplinary ...

Solution Architect (Outside of IR35)

Hiring Organisation
Sanderson
Location
South West, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£650 - £680 per day
Experience and skills required. Experience designing and documenting Microservice architectures Strong Integration background Cloud experience in AWS. Experience designing and implementing enterprise business critical, high volume, scalable, high availability systems running in 24/7 regulated environments. Strong API experience (REST, WebSocket) Experience of Domain Driven Design. ...

Engineering Lead OCP,Ansible

Hiring Organisation
Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited
Location
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
Salary negotiable
transformation, containerisation, and enterprise-grade virtualisation/storage technologies such as VMware and Pure Storage. The environment is fast-moving, innovative, and focused on high availability, automation, and a strong DevOps culture. Your new role As an OpenShift Architect (Migration & Integration Specialist), you will design and build … storage.Hands-on knowledge of VMware stack: vSphere, vCenter, NSX.Experience configuring Pure Storage: FlashArray, FlashBlade.Strong CI/CD background (Jenkins, GitHub, ArgoCD) and DevOps practices.High availability, security (RBAC, encryption, policies), and scalability expertise.Solid migration project experience - containerisation, data migration, workload transformation.Automation and scripting: Bash, Python, Ansible, Terraform.Soft SkillsExcellent communication ...

SAS Platform Environment & Configuration Engineer

Hiring Organisation
CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler
Location
Telford, Shropshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£515/day inside ir35
days/week in office Candidates must be willing and eligible to go through SC security clearance for this role Role Overview: Join a high-impact programme consolidating critical services into a single, centralised data platform-reducing complexity, driving efficiency, and supporting future scalability across the business. … multi-tenancy) Manage environment configuration, deployments, and platform stability Integrate with Oracle, GitLab CI/CD, and enterprise systems Drive automation, performance optimisation, and high availability Support users and troubleshoot across dev, test, and production landscapes Required skillset: Strong experience across SAS (EG, DI Studio, SAS Studio ...

Splunk Specialist

Hiring Organisation
KBC Technologies UK LTD
Location
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
Salary negotiable
. Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, ARM Templates, or CloudFormation . Lead containerization and orchestration initiatives using Docker and Kubernetes . Ensure high availability, disaster recovery, monitoring, and observability frameworks . DevOps for COTS Platforms Establish DevOps frameworks for enterprise COTS platforms such as Salesforce, Temenos ...

Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Context Recruitment
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£550 - £650/day outside IR35
Plan and execute migrations, including tenant-to-tenant Microsoft 365 and Active Directory consolidations * Collaborate with managed service providers and internal teams to maintain high availability, security and compliance * Support business continuity through proactive monitoring, incident management and disaster recovery planning * Mentor and provide technical guidance to team ...

Data Ops Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Stackstudio Digital Ltd
Location
Norwich, Norfolk, East Anglia, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
From £400 to £450 per day
optimizing data pipelines and ensuring smooth data flow across the organization. The role bridges data engineering, operations, and DevOps practices to deliver reliable, high quality, and timely data for analytics, reporting, and business applications. Your Responsibilities 1. Data Pipeline Development & Maintenance Design, build, and maintain automated, scalable data pipelines … pipelines meet SLAs, quality standards, and security guidelines 2. Data Platform Operations Manage and monitor data platform operations using DataOps/DevOps practices Ensure high availability and reliability of data platforms (cloud or on prem) Troubleshoot pipeline failures and perform root cause analysis (RCA) 3. Automation & CI/ ...

PowerShell DSC Engineer ArcGIS Enterprise Automation

Hiring Organisation
Stackstudio Digital Ltd
Location
Wokingham, Berkshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
From £350 to £380 per day
event responses, ensuring ArcGIS Enterprise components remain fully functional and consistent across all VMSS nodes. Optimize VMSS deployment images and custom script extensions for high availability GIS workloads. Cloud & Infrastructure Support Support automated deployments in Azure cloud environments. Manage infrastructure provisioning scripts using Terraform. Optimize system performance ...

Storage Senior SAN SME/Arch

Hiring Organisation
Square One Resources
Location
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP 600 Daily
multi-cloud platforms. You will act as the subject matter expert for block storage architecture, with a strong focus on Pure Storage technologies, ensuring high-performance, scalable, and secure storage solutions for containerised workloads. Job Responsibilities/Objectives Define and lead storage architecture strategy for OpenShift clusters and workloads … storage with compute and networking layers. Ensure seamless support for containerised workloads and persistent storage requirements. Conduct performance assessments and drive optimisation initiatives. Implement high availability, redundancy, and disaster recovery strategies. Ensure compliance with banking security, regulatory, and data protection standards. Produce and maintain detailed technical documentation. Partner ...