Enterprise SQL Server DBA — Performance & Resilience

Fruition Group

United Kingdom

On-site

GBP 45,000 - 70,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Fruition Group is partnering with a well-established financial services group to appoint a SQL Server DBA to take ownership of the SQL Server estate, including installation, configuration, security, performance and resilience. You will shape best practices across the IT function and work within an Agile framework to support continuous improvement and project delivery.

The role demands 3+ years in a similar DBA position, with strong SQL Server administration, backup/recovery expertise, and

Qualifications

3+ years in a similar SQL Server DBA role in a blue-chip/enterprise environment.
Strong Microsoft SQL Server administration background.
Experience with enterprise backup & recovery, resilience and system monitoring tools.
Comfortable working in a regulated industry (FCA/PRA experience a plus).
Exposure to Agile/Scrum and DevOps/DevSecOps environments.
A confident communicator who can work across technical and business teams.

Responsibilities

Manage, monitor and administer SQL Server across the estate
Own backup, recovery and disaster recovery policy
Apply patches, manage security and maintain compliance standards
Tune performance through optimisation, indexing and archiving
Support scalability planning for a growing data estate
Act as SME at Technical Design Authority and in low-level design of new solutions
Be the go-to for troubleshooting and technical support across Dev/IT teams
Work in an Agile framework, contributing to continuous improvement as well as project delivery