Database Administrator

Description

The role sits in the cloud infrastructure and application team and covers the availability, performance, security and reliability of the firm's database platforms across its cloud environments.

You will work on SQL Server and cloud database platforms, helping keep business-critical services reliable, scalable and resilient. You will work alongside architects, engineers, developers, security specialists and business stakeholders to build out and improve data platform capabilities, use automation and process work to raise operational quality, and keep the database estate aligned with governance, compliance and operational standards.

Responsibilities

• Run and support SQL Server databases in the cloud, keeping them highly available, fast, secure and dependable.
• Track database health, capacity and performance, and fix problems early to limit service disruption.
• Tune performance, optimise queries, design indexes and analyse workloads so resources are used efficiently.
• Set up and maintain backup, recovery, disaster recovery and business continuity arrangements that meet organisational needs.
• Control database access, encryption and auditing to meet governance and compliance requirements.
• Script and use infrastructure-as-code to automate routine administration and operational work.
• Carry out upgrades, migrations, patching and lifecycle work with minimal impact on the business.
• Take part in incident, problem and change processes and give expert support on production systems.
• Work with architects, engineers and security specialists to design and improve database services and standards, assess new tools and practices, and write and maintain operational documentation, procedures and technical standards.

Requirements

• Solid knowledge of Azure SQL Database, SQL Server on virtual machines and related cloud database services.
• Deep skill in performance tuning, query optimisation, indexing and diagnosing complex database faults.
• Hands-on experience with high availability and disaster recovery using AlwaysOn, plus backup and recovery for SQL Server and cloud databases.
• Sound grasp of database security, including access management, encryption, auditing and compliance controls.
• Experience with database monitoring, capacity planning and proactive performance management.
• Ability to write T-SQL and automate work with PowerShell and other tools.
• Experience with database migrations, upgrades, patching and lifecycle management.
• Nice to have: familiarity with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines and Git or similar source control.
• Nice to have: knowledge of infrastructure as code and automation tools such as Terraform or similar.

Conditions

You must be fluent in written and spoken English.

You need strong analytical and problem-solving skills and a proactive approach.

You bring a positive, service-minded attitude and work well in a team.

You explain things clearly to both technical and non-technical people.

You hold a higher education degree (BSc and/or MSc) in computer science, software engineering or a related field.

Certifications: AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals and DP-300 Azure Database Administrator Associate are required.

Nice to have: Terraform certification and AZ-104 Azure Administrator Associate.

Hybrid working (LI-BS1 LI-Hybrid).

The firm welcomes applicants of all backgrounds and treats everyone equally.