Remote SQL DBA — Performance & Availability

Experis UK; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 83,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Experis UK is recruiting a SQL Database Administrator to join a Database Services team. The role focuses on MS SQL Server production environments with emphasis on performance, security and high availability.

The contract runs for 4-6 months from London, with remote/telework options. Candidates should hold SC security clearance and have hands-on experience with backups, migrations, HA solutions and tuning.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience supporting production SQL Server databases.
• Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning of SQL queries.
• Experience with backups, restores, upgrades and migrations.
• Ability to work with security settings and access management.
• Collaborative mindset across application, infra and support teams.

Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain and support Microsoft SQL Server environments, including installations, configuration, upgrades, patching and migrations
• Manage databases, instances, security settings, users, roles and permissions
• Monitor and optimise performance—investigating bottlenecks and query issues
• Analyse execution plans and apply indexing strategies to improve query efficiency
• Design and maintain backup and recovery strategies, including restores and DR testing
• Support HA/DR solutions such as Always On, Log Shipping, Replication, Mirroring
• Troubleshoot incidents to meet SLAs and perform root cause analysis
• Maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and automate processes
• Support security/compliance through audits and access reviews

Skills

T-SQL

Performance tuning

Backup/Recovery

Migrations

Collaboration

Problem solving

Tools

SSMS

PowerShell

Windows Server

Always On Availability Groups

Log Shipping

Replication

Database Mirroring

Job description

Experis UK is recruiting a SQL Database Administrator to join a Database Services team. The role focuses on MS SQL Server production environments with emphasis on performance, security and high availability.

The contract runs for 4-6 months from London, with remote/telework options. Candidates should hold SC security clearance and have hands-on experience with backups, migrations, HA solutions and tuning.