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# Azure SQL Specialist

- **Company:** Shaping Cloud
- **Location:** Manchester, UK (Remote available)
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Azure, Backup Devices, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Azure, Platform as a Service (PAAS), Performance Tuning, SQL Databases, Transact-SQL, Alwayson, System Availability, Database Migration, Build Management
- **Published:** September 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2858064165-azure-sql-specialist

## About the Role

What will you bring to the role?

 * Expertise with Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instances
 * Hands-on experience with database migration tools like DMA, Azure Migrate, or similar
 * Proficiency in SQL Server performance tuning and troubleshooting
 * Knowledge of SQL AlwaysOn Availability Groups and other high availability techniques
 * Strong skills in SQL Server backups
 * Proficiency in Structured Query Language (SQL) and T-SQL
 * You can work independently, managing your own tasks and timelines to meet project goals and client expectations.
 * You are comfortable navigating different client environments and adjusting to their unique needs and processes.
 * You have a collaborative mindset and enjoy friendly working environment

## Description

You'll collaborate closely with our cloud architects and engineering teams, providing invaluable expertise throughout the design, build, and migration phases of transformational projects. If you enjoy problem-solving and driving cloud innovation, we would love to hear from you., * Assess on-premise workloads for cloud readiness

 * Design migration strategies to Azure
 * Provide technical engineering expertise during the migration process
 * Serve as a subject-matter expert (SME) for SQL Server IaaS and SQL PaaS design and build activities
 * Offer advice and consultancy to customers and project teams


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