SQL Database Administrator
Summary
Administers Microsoft SQL Server environments, performs upgrades, migrations, and ensures high availability for critical infrastructure projects.
Salary: £? - ? per year
Requirements:- Active SC Clearance is 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.
- 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.
- Support
- ITSM
- Power BI
- PowerShell
- SQL
- Security
- SSAS
- SSIS
- VMware
- Windows
More:
We are seeking an experienced SQL Database Administrator to join a large-scale infrastructure team, supporting critical database transformation and migration projects. You will help deliver secure, resilient SQL environments built to a consistently high standard. This is a 6-month role based in London/remote, with onsite attendance required 50% of the time in Central London.
last updated 33 week of 2026