Database Architect Analyst

Harvey Nash Group; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking a Database Architect / Migration DBA to lead database migrations, ensuring data integrity and operational readiness across SQL Server and Oracle environments. The role requires strong experience in database administration, migration tools, and troubleshooting, with some remote work alongside office presence in Edinburgh. Ideal candidates are skilled in Azure environments and must diagnose complex issues during migrations. This is a 12-month contract outside of IR35.

Qualifications

• Strong experience as a SQL Server DBA and/or Oracle DBA supporting enterprise environments.
• Hands-on experience with migration tools and techniques for SQL Server and Oracle.
• Skilled in database migration, backup, recovery, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for planning, preparing, and executing database migrations.
• Ensure data integrity during migrations and proper environment configuration.
• Assist in defining database server infrastructure within Azure or co-lo platforms.

Skills

Strong experience as a SQL Server DBA

Strong experience as an Oracle DBA

Hands-on experience with migration tools

Skilled in backup and recovery operations

Performance tuning and troubleshooting

Networking fundamentals

Tools

Azure

PowerShell

T-SQL

PL/SQL

Job description

Harvey Nash are now recruiting for a Database Architect / Migration DBA (Oracle / SQL Server)

• 12 Months
• Remote working - with some office time spent in Edinburgh
• Outside of IR35

The Role

• responsible for planning, preparing and executing database migrations that support the wider application migration programme. The role covers both SQL Server and Oracle databases hosted on-premises and migrating into Azure or a co-location datacentre. The DBA will also assist in defining and building the required database server infrastructure within the Azure landing zones or co-lo platforms to ensure compatibility, performance and operational readiness.
• This role ensures that all databases are migrated safely, data integrity is maintained and hosting environments are correctly configured for each application workload.

Required Skills:

• Strong experience as a SQL Server DBA and/or Oracle DBA supporting enterprise environments
• Hands-on experience with migration tools and techniques for both SQL Server and Oracle
• Skilled in backup and recovery operations, performance tuning and troubleshooting
• Knowledge of building and administering SQL Server or Oracle on Azure VMs or co-lo platforms
• Understanding of networking fundamentals relevant to database connectivity
• Experience supporting or migrating:
  • SQL Server databases
  • Oracle databases
  • Databases underpinning .NET, web or client-server applications
• Ability to diagnose complex database issues during high-pressure migration events
• Comfortable working within structured change control processes

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Azure SQL or SQL Managed Instance
• Experience with Oracle on Azure or hybrid environments
• Scripting capability using PowerShell, T-SQL or PL/SQL
• Previous involvement in large-scale migration or datacentre exit programmes

Please submit your CV if your experience matches the above.