Cloud-Driven Database Administrator (Azure SQL)

Pharmacy2U | Certified B Corp; Leeds; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Blue Light Card and employee discount

Exclusive discounts at The Springs, LE

25% off health & beauty purchases

25% off Pharmacy2U Private Online Drs

25 days annual leave

Job summary

Pharmacy2U | Certified B Corp is recruiting a Database Administrator to join a high-impact data team. You will design, optimise and support resilient, secure data environments across on‑premises, cloud and PaaS platforms, aligning with business needs.

There is an on‑call expectation with fair scheduling and compensation for out‑of‑hours work. As part of a market-leading online pharmacy, you will work with cloud engineers, architects and developers to ensure production databases are highly

Qualifications

• Experience administering and supporting database technologies including SQL Server 2019 and Azure SQL.
• Strong troubleshooting, incident resolution and root cause analysis skills.
• Experience with database performance tuning, capacity management and optimisation.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring database platforms remain highly available, resilient and performant.
• Maintaining security of data sources with controlled, reviewed and audited access.
• Collaborating with BI developers and middleware teams for accurate data integration and reporting.
• Working with third-party suppliers on installations, upgrades and maintenance to meet requirements.
• Providing specialist database expertise in response to support escalations from DevOps teams.
• Building stakeholder relationships across the business to understand objectives and data requirements.
• Executing data management activities in a controlled, compliant, reliable manner.
• Configuring and optimising monitoring solutions using tools like Redgate and New Relic.
• Managing SDLC environments to keep them fit for purpose and operationally effective.

Skills

Database administration

Troubleshooting

Performance tuning

Stakeholder management

Communication

Tools

SQL Server 2019

Azure SQL

Azure Cosmos DB

Redgate SQL Monitor

New Relic

Job description

Pharmacy2U | Certified B Corp is recruiting a Database Administrator to join a high-impact data team. You will design, optimise and support resilient, secure data environments across on‑premises, cloud and PaaS platforms, aligning with business needs.

There is an on‑call expectation with fair scheduling and compensation for out‑of‑hours work. As part of a market-leading online pharmacy, you will work with cloud engineers, architects and developers to ensure production databases are highly