Tech Specialist - SQL Administrator

SCC; United States; Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Large benefits package

Flexible benefits scheme

2 volunteering days per year

Hybrid working

Job summary

SCC is seeking a Tech Specialist - SQL Administrator in Birmingham. This permanent role offers hybrid working, with core hours 9:00–17:30, and a salary package of £45,000–£52,000 plus extensive benefits.

You will own end-to-end SQL Server ownership across on-prem and Azure/AWS environments, driving performance, security and modernization initiatives. You will collaborate with Infrastructure, Security and Project teams to deliver resilient SQL Server services for business-critical applications,

Qualifications

• Advanced, hands-on DBA expertise across multiple SQL Server versions including installation, configuration and administration.
• Expert knowledge of SQL Server architecture, administration and troubleshooting.
• Deep understanding of SQL Server internals and query optimization.
• Experience administering cloud-hosted SQL platforms (Azure SQL Database/Managed Instance, AWS RDS/EC2).
• Strong expertise in high availability, DR, security and replication technologies.
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting and performance tuning skills, including index strategies and wait stats.
• Experience in ITIL-based service management environments.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Own architecture, tuning, performance and support strategy for enterprise MS SQL Server, on-prem and cloud.
• Lead technical resolution of complex SQL Server incidents and requests; ensure root-cause analysis.
• Manage lifecycle activities: upgrades, patching, migrations, maintenance and decommissioning.
• Lead IT/cloud migration projects and modernization of SQL Server workloads to Azure.
• Ensure platforms meet availability, resilience, performance and security SLAs.
• Design and improve high availability, DR, replication and security solutions.
• Drive automation and standardization across SQL Server services.
• Create and maintain SQL Server standards and runbooks.
• Collaborate with multiple teams to deliver scalable, secure SQL Server services.

Skills

Advanced DBA expertise

SQL Server administration

Cloud SQL platforms

Azure SQL/Managed Instance

AWS RDS/EC2 for SQL Server

Performance tuning

Incident management

ITIL familiarity

Stakeholder communication

Documentation

Job description

We are actively building diverse teams and welcome applications from everyone.

Role: Tech Specialist - SQL Administrator

Location: Birmingham (likely to be remote) (SCC operate hybrid working, which comprises of a mix of office and home working)

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary Package: £45,000 - £52,000 plus large company benefits, a broad flexible benefits scheme, and 2 paid-for volunteering days a year

Hours: 9.00 am – 5.30 pm Monday – Friday

Interview Process: 2-stage process

Why SCC?

• An inclusive workplace
• Excellent package: solid basic and company benefits
• Hybrid working & core hours in line with role requirements
• Career development and life-long learning opportunities
• Opportunity to join Europe's largest privately-owned IT Company

Role purpose:

As a SQL Server DBA, you will provide technical expertise in delivering, supporting and continuously improving SCC's enterprise SQL Server DBA services supporting business-critical applications for its customers.

Working closely with Infrastructure, Application, Security and Project teams, you will own the end-to-end support around health, performance, security, and availability of critical database platforms, while contributing to modernisation, automation and operational excellence initiatives.

Key responsibilities:

• Own the architecture, tuning, performance, and support strategy for enterprise MS SQL Server infrastructure, on-premises and in the cloud (Azure SQL Database/Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure)
• Lead the technical resolution of complex SQL Server incidents, service requests and problem investigations, ensuring effective root cause analysis and permanent resolution.
• Lead SQL Server lifecycle activities, including implementation, configuration, upgrades, patching, migrations, maintenance and decommissioning.
• Lead and/or ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE in IT and cloud migration projects across analysis, design, testing, environment preparation, cutover, and change impact analysis
• Lead cloud migration and modernization initiatives — assessing, planning, and executing lift-and-shift, re-platforming, or re-architecting of SQL Server workloads to Azure
• Ensure SQL Server platforms consistently meet agreed service levels for availability, resilience, performance, recoverability and security.
• Design, implement and continuously improve SQL Server high availability, disaster recovery, replication and database security solutions.
• Drive automation, standardisation and operational excellence across SQL Server services.
• Define, maintain, and continuously improve SQL Server standards, operational procedures and technical documentation.
• Design, review, and continuously improvedaily/weekly/monthly health check frameworks, proactive monitoring, and alerting across on-prem and cloud-hosted databases
• Collaborate with Infrastructure, Backup, Monitoring, Application, Security and Project teams to deliver scalable, resilient and secure SQL Server services.

Skills and experience:

• Advanced, hands-on DBA expertise across multiple versions of SQL Server technologies including installation, configuration, and administration
• Expert knowledge of SQL Server architecture, administration and troubleshooting.
• Deep understanding of SQL Server architecture, internals, and query execution / optimisation
• Proven experience administering and supporting cloud-hosted SQL platforms: Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and/or AWS RDS/EC2 for SQL Server
• Strong expertise across SQL Server high availability, disaster recovery, database security and replication technologies.
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting and performance tuning skills, including execution plan analysis, indexing strategy and wait statistics.
• Experience working within ITIL-based service management environments.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management and technical documentation skills.
• Strong analytical, structured, and methodical approach to complex, ambiguous problems, including major incident and root-cause analysis
• Demonstrated commitment to Quality Standards, security best practice, and continuous improvement
• Commitment to continuous improvement, operational excellence and customer-focused service delivery.

About Us

SCC is Europe's largest privately-owned IT business, based out of the new £7m HQ office in Birmingham and we help clients succeed through IT transformation and exceptional customer experiences. We are a business where innovation is greater as we combine unique ideas, people and disciplines. We are a global company that is passionate about IT and where we look to simplify the complex.

We are an equal opportunities employer

SCC is committed to providing equal opportunities and a proactive and inclusive approach to equality and diversity in employment. No applicant or employee will be treated less favourably than another on the grounds of a protected characteristic which are defined as sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender reassignment, trade union membership or non-membership, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race and religion or belief.

If you are selected for interview, and need any reasonable adjustments made for your interview, please let the SCC Talent Acquisition team know, at the point of scheduling.

Diversity & Inclusion at SCC - https://www.scc.com/diversity-and-inclusion/

Sustainability at SCC - https://www.scc.com/sustainability-at-scc/

Life at SCC - https://www.linkedin.com/company/scc/life