DBA - Migration - Oracle and SQL Server - Edinburgh

Lorien; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking an experienced Migration DBA for a public sector organisation in Edinburgh. This hands-on role involves leading database migrations across SQL Server and Oracle, ensuring data integrity and compliance. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in enterprise migrations, skilled in backup/recovery, and familiar with Azure VM hosting. This position is contract-based, offering the chance to work in a dynamic environment with a focus on structured change management.

Responsibilities

• Lead database migrations as part of a major application migration programme.
• Plan, design, and execute migrations ensuring data integrity, performance, and compliance.

Skills

Strong experience as a SQL Server DBA and/or Oracle DBA

Hands‑on migration experience with enterprise environments

Skilled in backup/recovery, performance tuning, and troubleshooting

Knowledge of Azure VM hosting for SQL Server/Oracle

Understanding of networking fundamentals for database connectivity

Comfortable working under structured change control processes

Job description

DBA - Migration - Oracle and SQL Server - Edinburgh

Job Type

Contract/Temporary

Location

Edinburgh

Job Ref

BBBH171877_1765549926

Date Added

December 12th, 2025

Consultant

Billy Henchy

DBA - Migration - Oracle and SQL Server - Edinburgh

An exciting opportunity for an experienced Migration DBA to join a large public sector organisation in Edinburgh and lead database migrations as part of a major application migration programme. You'll work across SQL Server and Oracle estates, moving from on-premises environments into Azure or co-location datacentres.

This is a hands‑on role where you'll plan, design, and execute migrations, ensuring data integrity, performance, and compliance throughout.

Essential skills:

• Strong experience as a SQL Server DBA and/or Oracle DBA
• Hands‑on migration experience with enterprise environments
• Skilled in backup/recovery, performance tuning, and troubleshooting
• Knowledge of Azure VM hosting for SQL Server/Oracle
• Understanding of networking fundamentals for database connectivity
• Comfortable working under structured change control processes

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.