SQL DBA (DV)

Senior SQL Server DBA Location: Near Reading, Berkshire (Onsite) Contract: 6 months Start Date: December 2026 IR35 Status: Inside IR35 Security Clearance: Active DV clearance Required Working Pattern: Full Time, Onsite Reading We are seeking an experienced Senior SQL Server Database Administrator to join a highly secure, business-critical environment supporting critical public sector operations.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced DBA to work within a complex enterprise estate, providing second and third-line support across production, pre-production and development environments. You will play a key role in maintaining, securing, optimising and modernising SQL Server platforms ranging from SQL Server 2012 through to SQL Server 2022.

The Role You will be responsible for supporting and administering mission-critical SQL Server environments, ensuring high levels of availability, performance, security and resilience.

Key responsibilities include

Administering and supporting SQL Server production, pre-production and development environments. Leading database incident resolution, root cause analysis and problem management activities. Delivering SQL Server patching, upgrades and migration projects.

Managing high availability and disaster recovery solutions. Designing, implementing and testing backup and recovery procedures. Proactively monitoring and tuning database performance. Supporting application and development teams with deployments and releases.

Maintaining database security, auditing and compliance standards. Producing technical documentation, operational procedures and runbooks. Driving automation, standardisation and continuous improvement initiatives. Working within ITIL-aligned change, release and configuration management processes.

Essential Experience Minimum 5 years' experience supporting SQL Server in business-critical production environments. Minimum 3 years' experience in a dedicated SQL Server DBA position. Experience supporting mixed SQL Server estates from SQL Server 2012 through to SQL Server 2022.

Strong expertise in: SQL Server Administration T-SQL PowerShell Database Performance Tuning Capacity Planning SQL Server Security Extensive experience with: Always On Availability Groups Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC) Failover Cluster Instances (FCI) Replication Log Shipping Database Mirroring Backup and Recovery Disaster Recovery Testing Experience using monitoring tools such as SCOM, Redgate SQL Monitor or SolarWinds DPA. Strong understandi...

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