Data Warehouse DBA Lead — Hybrid Role

Isio; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work style

Career development

Office in Birmingham

Job summary

Isio seeks an experienced Database Architect/DBA to define and execute the data strategy for central data warehouses. You will own architecture, ETL pipelines, and security controls while collaborating with Development, Administration Systems, and stakeholders.

Hybrid work in the UK is available, with Birmingham as a preferred location. Key duties include designing schemas, optimizing queries, enforcing backups, and leading DBA processes.

Qualifications

• Strong SQL skills and experience with major RDBMS and cloud equivalents.
• Experience with ETL/ELT tooling and data pipeline design.
• Understanding of data modelling principles (normalisation and star schema).
• Experience diagnosing and resolving database performance issues.
• Familiarity with database security practices and GDPR.
• Experience defining backup/recovery procedures against defined RTO/RPO targets.
• Proven track record delivering database solutions.
• Experience tuning slow-running queries using execution plans and index analysis.
• Ability to lead key DBA processes across Isio.
• Define and baseline performance KPIs and alert thresholds.
• Experience tracking database growth and capacity planning.
• Experience leading project work.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Management of stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong analytical skills and proactive delivery.
• Willingness to remove barriers to delivery.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement Isio’s DBA strategy with stakeholders.
• Own and maintain the database architecture for Isio's data warehouses and connected systems.
• Define backup schedules, test restores and maintain RPO/RTO targets.
• Audit database security controls (RBAC, encryption, privileged access, logging) for ISO27001.
• Own ETL/ELT pipeline architecture and data quality validation.
• Monitor performance, capacity, and availability; plan for growth and improvements.
• Manage change control and schema versioning across systems.
• Collaborate with Data Architects to ensure scalable infrastructure.

Skills

SQL

RDBMS

Cloud platforms

ETL/ELT tooling

Data modelling

Query tuning

Data security

Backup & recovery

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Planning & organisation

Analytics

Problem solving

Tools

SSIS

dbt

Azure Data Factory

SQL Server

PostgreSQL

Snowflake

Job description

Isio seeks an experienced Database Architect/DBA to define and execute the data strategy for central data warehouses. You will own architecture, ETL pipelines, and security controls while collaborating with Development, Administration Systems, and stakeholders.

Hybrid work in the UK is available, with Birmingham as a preferred location. Key duties include designing schemas, optimizing queries, enforcing backups, and leading DBA processes.