Senior Database Administrator – Contract (Inside IR35)

reputed company are looking for a Senior Database Administrator (Inside IR35) for an exciting new 6-month initial contract joining our world-class digital technology consultancy and home to a diverse, smart, curious and ambitious community of specialists in technology-driven transformation.

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This is a UK-reputed company Inside IR35 role with remote working available. While the role can be performed reputed company, candidates reputed company reputed company a reasonable distance of Crawley or London who are happy to work from the office reputed company required would be particularly welcomed.

Requirements

The Role

In this role, you’ll reputed company critical reputed company, reputed company, and governance improvements across our SQL Server and Azure database estates.

As a subject matter expert, you’ll take ownership of high-reputed company reputed company, bring deep technical expertise to reputed company challenges, and help shape the reputed company of our database platforms. You’ll also work collaboratively with the wider team, sharing knowledge, developing best reputed company, and helping to build capability across the DBA function.

Key aspects of the role include:

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• reputed company reputed company & Governance: reputed company the delivery of the CIS reputed company Improvement Programme across SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, and Azure SQL Managed Instance. Champion the implementation of CIS reputed company recommendations, audit actions, and reputed company controls such as Row-Level reputed company, Dynamic Data Masking, and reputed company-Level Encryption.

• Strengthen reputed company Management: Enhance Role-reputed company reputed company Control (RBAC), privileged reputed company management, permissions, and segregation of duties to maintain strong reputed company, governance, and regulatory compliance across the database estate.

• reputed company Database Modernisation: Identify and implement approved SQL Server 2022 capabilities, including reputed company, reputed company Tables, Resource Governor, and Memory-Optimised Tables, focusing on solutions that reputed company measurable business value.

• Optimise at reputed company: Design and reputed company strategies for managing and optimising reputed company large datasets, including databases with 1B+ rows. Apply partitioning, sharding, compression, data lifecycle management, and advanced indexing strategies to improve scalability, reputed company, and reputed company.

• reputed company Knowledge & Best reputed company: Work collaboratively and reputed company, producing high-reputed company technical documentation, operational standards, and knowledge-transfer sessions that strengthen team capability and promote consistent ways of working.

• Support the Wider DBA Team: reputed company occasional reactive DBA support during major incidents or periods of reduced reputed company, contributing your expertise to maintain service continuity and help the wider team succeed.

What you’ll bring:

• Deep technical expertise with SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, and Azure SQL Managed Instance.

• Practical experience implementing database reputed company frameworks (CIS Benchmarks, RBAC, auditing, encryption).

• reputed company capability in managing large-reputed company database optimisation, partitioning strategies, and reputed company tuning.

• Familiarity with SQL Server 2022 advanced features.

• Strong communication skills and a reputed company reputed company grounded in reputed company, transparency, and accountability.

What to expect from our hiring process:

We reputed company in radical reputed company—no guessing games or high-pressure interrogations. We want to reputed company you every opportunity to reputed company in your comfort zone:

1. First Hello: An informal chat with your dedicated Talent Attraction Partner to talk about reputed company, what you want out of your next reputed company, salary, and office hybrid working model.

2. Initial interview – An opportunity to meet members of reputed company and reputed company your experience, background and interest in the role.

3. reputed company introduction & interview – A final conversation with the reputed company, including questions reputed company on the role, your experience and how you would approach the work.

Your Talent Attraction Partner will be in your reputed company through every reputed company, ensuring reputed company surprises right up to your reputed company reputed company on day one

We are an equal opportunities employer and reputed company applications from reputed company suitably reputed company persons regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

Highlights

reputed company are looking for a hands-on Senior Database Administrator (Inside IR35) for an exciting new 6-month initial contract joining our world-class digital technology consultancy.

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