MS SQL SME / Database Engineer (Oracle, PostgreSQL)

SQL Database Infrastructure Engineer 12 Month FTC £55,000 - £60,000 PA, Plus 17.5% Bonus & Fantastic Benefits Package Location:

Hybrid working options available - Some travel to Warwickshire as required - Candidates UK wide can be considered Are you an experienced Infrastructure/Database professional with a background in SQL, Oracle and PostgreSQL?

A superb Fixed Term Contract opportunity has become available with our leading financial services client to provide technical ownership of the Database Estate, maintain its stability, and ensure secure and robust solutions.

As a highly accomplished Microsoft SQL SME, your key duties will include - Provide technical advisory support for projects and respond to database related P1, P2 and P3 incidents.<br />Review and approve change requests across the database estate, assess potential impacts, and communicate detailed reviews to stakeholders.<br />Assess database performance, recommend improvements, define guardrails and build standards, and ensure third party providers comply.<br />Evaluate and advise on consolidation opportunities and cost savings across the database environment.<br />Represent the team on the Change Advisory Board (CAB) to evaluate, prioritise, approve or reject changes to the Network infrastructure.<br />Collaborate with external IT partners and vendors to drive service improvements.The successful candidate will be an SME in MS SQL and possess experience in:

Microsoft SQL - essential<br />Oracle and PostgreSQL - preferable<br />Database migrations and consolidation - essential<br />Database observability and troubleshooting - essential<br />Cloud technologies (Azure SQL, PaaS) - essential<br />Governance or architectural practices within a regulated industry - advantageousIf your profile demonstrates strong and recent experience in the above areas - please submit your application to Tom Bartlett at TXP for consideration