SQL DBA

SQL Database Administrator (SQL DBA) Location: Wigan (2 days per week on-site)
Salary: Up to £50,000
Benefits: Hybrid working Excellent pension Professional development Holiday allowance Career progression

Our client, a leading organisation, is looking to recruit an experienced SQL Database Administrator (SQL DBA) to join its Infrastructure team.

This is an excellent opportunity for a DBA who enjoys owning SQL Server environments, ensuring critical databases remain secure, available and performing at their best. You'll play a key role in maintaining and improving the organisation's Microsoft SQL estate while supporting wider infrastructure and platform initiatives.

What you'll do

• Administer, maintain and optimise Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL environments.
• Manage database backups, restores and disaster recovery processes, ensuring data integrity and business continuity.
• Monitor and tune database performance, identifying bottlenecks and implementing improvements.
• Develop and maintain database maintenance plans covering indexing, statistics, integrity checks and housekeeping.
• Ensure high availability and resilience across production database environments.
• Support database security through access management, permissions and least-privilege principles.
• Work closely with infrastructure and software engineering teams to support application deployments and database changes.
• Assist with Windows Server administration, patching and platform maintenance where required.
• Investigate database incidents, perform root cause analysis and implement preventative improvements.
• Produce and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures and recovery processes.
• Participate in an out-of-hours support rota for critical incidents.

What we're looking for

• Commercial experience as a SQL Database Administrator or SQL Server DBA.
• Strong administration experience across Microsoft SQL Server.
• Experience with Azure SQL Database or Azure-based SQL environments.
• Knowledge of backup, recovery, high availability and disaster recovery solutions.
• Experience with SQL performance tuning, optimisation and troubleshooting.
• Understanding of SQL Server security, permissions and database governance.
• Experience supporting production environments and following change control processes.
• PowerShell scripting or SQL automation experience would be advantageous.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with a proactive approach to continuous improvement.

Desirable experience includes:

• Always On Availability Groups, replication or failover technologies.
• Exposure to PostgreSQL, MySQL or Oracle.
• Azure infrastructure and cloud services.
• Infrastructure monitoring and alerting tools.
• Cyber security best practices and vulnerability management.

Why join?

• Salary of up to £50,000
• Hybrid working with just 2 days per week on-site in Wigan
• Work across business-critical SQL Server and Azure SQL platforms.
• Opportunity to influence database performance, resilience and future improvements.
• Supportive team with excellent opportunities for learning and career development.

If you're a SQL DBA looking for a role where you'll have real ownership of critical database environments while working with modern Microsoft technologies, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today to find out more.