Senior Cloud Database Engineer

Wwshemi; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NICE-FLEX hybrid model

Career opportunities

Job summary

NICE Ltd. in Southampton, UK, is seeking a Senior Cloud Database Engineer to ensure SQL Server performance and availability in a 24x7 environment.

The role requires hands-on expertise with SQL Server, T-SQL, replication, Availability Groups, backup/recovery, and security, with 5+ years in mission-critical databases. The position offers a NICE-FLEX hybrid work model (2 days in the office, 3 days remote) and opportunities across a global organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years maintaining SQL Server mission-critical databases.
• 5+ years of TSQL programming.
• 2+ years implementing and maintaining database replication.
• 2+ years implementing and maintaining SQL Server Availability Groups.
• Ability to work with technical and non-technical people.
• Problem-solving skills are a must.
• Ability to meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, upgrade, monitor, maintain, and manage multiple SQL Server databases.
• Perform database and application tuning.
• Establish and maintain sound backup and recovery policies and procedures.
• Implement and maintain database security.
• Create, maintain, and monitor SQL.
• Other duties assigned by the manager.

Skills

SQL Server

T-SQL

Backup & Recovery

Security

Replication

Availability Groups

Performance tuning

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business Information Systems, or related field or equivalent work experience

Tools

SSAS/SSRS/SSIS

AWS

PowerShell

C#

Rubrik

TFS/GitHub

Job description

NICE United Kingdom - Southampton Posted 2026-11-05

This listing's locations United Kingdom - Southampton

Department: CX Product and Technology - Platform Operations Mgmt

So, what's the role all about?

The Senior Cloud Database Engineer will ensure SQL Server database performance and availability in a 24x7 environment.

How will you make an impact?

• Install, configure, upgrade, monitor, maintain, and manage multiple SQL Server databases.
• Perform database and application tuning.
• Establish and maintain sound backup and recovery policies and procedures.
• Implement and maintain database security
• Create, maintain, and monitor SQL
• Other duties assigned by the manager

Have you got what it takes?

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business Information Systems, or related field or equivalent work experience required.
• 5+ years maintaining SQL Server mission-critical databases
• 5+ years of TSQL programming
• 2+ years implementing and maintaining database replication
• 2+ years implementing and maintaining SQL Server Availability Groups
• Ability to work with technical and non-technical people
• Problem-solving skills are a must
• Ability to meet deadlines

You will have an advantage if you also have:

• SSAS/SSRS/SSIS
• AWS, AWS CLI management
• MCSE/MCDBA/OCP
• PowerShell
• C#
• Rubrik
• TFS/GitHub

What's in it for you?

Join an ever-growing, market disrupting, global company where the teams - comprised of the best of the best - work in a fast-paced, collaborative, and creative environment! As the market leader, every day at NICE is a chance to learn and grow, and there are endless internal career opportunities across multiple roles, disciplines, domains, and locations. If you are passionate, innovative, and excited to constantly raise the bar, you may just be our next NICEr!

At NICE, we work according to the NICE-FLEX hybrid model, which enables maximum flexibility: 2 days working from the office and 3 days of remote work, each week. Naturally, office days focus on face-to-face meetings, where teamwork and collaborative thinking generate innovation, new ideas, and a vibrant, interactive atmosphere.

#LI-Hybrid

About NiCE

NICE Ltd. (NASDAQ: NICE) software products are used by 25,000+ global businesses, including 85 of the Fortune 100 corporations, to deliver extraordinary customer experiences, fight financial crime and ensure public safety. Every day, NiCE software manages more than 120 million customer interactions and monitors 3+ billion financial transactions.

Known as an innovation powerhouse that excels in AI, cloud and digital, NiCE is consistently recognized as the market leader in its domains, with over 8,500 employees across 30+ countries.

NiCE is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, neurotype, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other category protected by law.