SQL Server DBA

Overview

Role: SQL Server DBA

Duration: FTE

Location: London, UK (Hybrid)

Responsibilities

• Role focused on transforming and harmonizing disparate SQL Server output structures into a single, maintainable, and high-performance data structure strategy that supports analytics, reporting, and downstream systems.
• Work closely with data architects, ETL/BI engineers, application teams, and stakeholders to define standards, implement transformations, and enforce governance.

Qualifications

• Strong experience administering and optimizing Microsoft SQL Server in production (versions relevant to your environment).
• Deep T-SQL expertise, stored procedure and function development, and experience building transformation logic at scale.
• Practical experience with ETL/ELT tools and processes (SSIS, Azure Data Factory, or equivalent).
• Solid understanding of data modeling (normalized and dimensional models), schema design, and data warehousing concepts.
• Experience with query tuning, indexing strategies, partitioning, and columnstore/index types.
• Familiarity with high-availability, disaster recovery, and security features of SQL Server.
• Experience creating and maintaining metadata, data dictionaries, and schema governance.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with cloud-based SQL Server solutions (Azure SQL Database, Managed Instance) and hybrid architectures.
• Familiarity with BI stacks (SSRS, SSAS, Power BI) and how unified structures support reporting/analytics.
• Experience with automation and DevOps for databases (Redgate, Flyway, Liquibase, Azure DevOps pipelines).
• Certifications such as Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate or equivalent.
• Role focused on transforming and harmonizing disparate SQL Server output structures into a single, maintainable, and high-performance data structure strategy that supports analytics, reporting, and downstream systems.
• Work closely with data architects, ETL/BI engineers, application teams, and stakeholders to define standards, implement transformations, and enforce governance.

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• Strong experience administering and optimizing Microsoft SQL Server in production (versions relevant to your environment).
• Deep T-SQL expertise, stored procedure and function development, and experience building transformation logic at scale.
• Practical experience with ETL/ELT tools and processes (SSIS, Azure Data Factory, or equivalent).
• Solid understanding of data modeling (normalized and dimensional models), schema design, and data warehousing concepts.
• Experience with query tuning, indexing strategies, partitioning, and columnstore/index types.
• Familiarity with high-availability, disaster recovery, and security features of SQL Server.
• Experience creating and maintaining metadata, data dictionaries, and schema governance.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder-management skills., * Experience with cloud-based SQL Server solutions (Azure SQL Database, Managed Instance) and hybrid architectures.
• Familiarity with BI stacks (SSRS, SSAS, Power BI) and how unified structures support reporting/analytics.
• Experience with automation and DevOps for databases (Redgate, Flyway, Liquibase, Azure DevOps pipelines).
• Certifications such as Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate or equivalent.
• Role focused on transforming and harmonizing disparate SQL Server output structures into a single, maintainable, and high-performance data structure strategy that supports analytics, reporting, and downstream systems.
• Work closely with data architects, ETL/BI engineers, application teams, and stakeholders to define standards, implement transformations, and enforce governance.