Remote Database Architect & Migration (Azure/Oracle)

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

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.