Senior SQL Server Specialist - 24/7 High-Scale PaaS

Harvey Nash; England; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Harvey Nash is recruiting a Senior SQL Server Developer in the UK. You will be the SME for SQL Server in a high-traffic, 24/7 environment, designing, optimising and owning mission-critical databases powering large-scale systems.

You'll work closely with engineering, architecture and DevOps teams to ensure data integrity, security and performance, delivering clean, maintainable code and mentoring others.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with SQL Server 2016+.
• Advanced query writing and optimisation.
• Execution plan analysis and performance troubleshooting.
• Deep understanding of indexing, locking and concurrency.
• Database security, roles and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, optimise and own mission-critical SQL Server databases.
• Conduct root-cause analysis on production performance issues.
• Contribute to schema design, capacity planning and lifecycle management.
• Ensure data integrity, security and compliance best practices.
• Collaborate with engineering, architecture and DevOps teams.
• Act as a data leader and mentor within the team.

Skills

SQL Server

T-SQL

Performance troubleshooting

Indexing & concurrency

Security & best practices

Tools

SSMS

AWS

Terraform

Job description

Harvey Nash is recruiting a Senior SQL Server Developer in the UK. You will be the SME for SQL Server in a high-traffic, 24/7 environment, designing, optimising and owning mission-critical databases powering large-scale systems.

You'll work closely with engineering, architecture and DevOps teams to ensure data integrity, security and performance, delivering clean, maintainable code and mentoring others.