Database Administrator - SQL Server (NHS role)

• Extensive experience administering Microsoft SQL Server (2016-2022).
• Advanced T-SQL development skills (stored procedures, views, functions and query optimisation).
• Strong SQL Server performance tuning, indexing and troubleshooting experience.
• Experience with SQL Server backup, restore, disaster recovery and high availability.
• Experience planning and delivering SQL Server upgrades and migrations.
• Experience developing and supporting ETL solutions and data integration processes.
• Strong understanding of relational database design and data warehousing principles.
• Experience supporting Microsoft Power BI datasets, semantic models and reporting solutions.
• Experience with Microsoft Fabric or equivalent modern Microsoft data platform technologies.
• Experience managing SQL Server security, permissions and database governance.
• Power BI governance and deployment pipelines.
• Microsoft Entra ID security and access management.

Experience (ideally)

• Proven experience supporting enterprise SQL Server environments.
• Experience delivering database migration and infrastructure modernisation projects.
• Experience working across multiple concurrent technical workstreams.
• Experience producing technical documentation and operational procedures.
• Experience supporting Microsoft Power BI migration programmes.
• Knowledge of dimensional modelling (Kimball methodology).
• Experience working within Agile or hybrid project delivery environments.

Pulled from the full job description

• Annual leave
• Work from home, Pay is £27.36/hr + pro rata 25 days per year paid holiday (worth £3.75/hr) + NHSP pays for your Employer’s NI (worth ~ £4.62/hr) ==>£35.73/hr, Job Types: Full-time, Temporary Contract length: 3-6 months

Pay: £29.00-£34.00 per hour

Application question(s):

• How soon can you start a new role?
• Does the money work for you? Pay is £27.36/hr + pro rata 25 days per year paid holiday (worth £3.75/hr) + NHSP pays for your Employer’s NI (worth ~ £4.62/hr) ==>£35.73/hr
• Although the role is remote working are you able to collect your work from home kit from Harlow (the the Princess Alexander Hospital) and drop it back off again at the end of the contract?
• Are you happy that your CV clearly demonstrates decent experience around being a SQL Server Database Administrator to cover most of what’s in the advert?

NHS Professionals has been set up by the Department of Health and Social Security to provide recruitment solutions to the NHS