SQL DBA | Permanent Position | Open to candidates who are looking to relocate to Newcastle

Your recent company

Join a large, established corporate organisation with a significant technology environment and a collaborative infrastructure team based in Newcastle. You'll work alongside infrastructure, networking, service desk, integration and data teams, supporting business-critical systems across a complex enterprise environment.

Your new role

As the Database Administrator, you'll take ownership of an environment of approximately 200 Microsoft SQL Servers, with a strong focus on on-premises infrastructure.

You'll be responsible for the day-to-day administration, performance, resilience and availability of the SQL environment, including backup and recovery, disaster recovery, optimisation, monitoring and security.

This is a hands-on infrastructure DBA position rather than a software development role. You'll work closely with the wider infrastructure and applications teams to troubleshoot issues, improve database performance and ensure critical business applications remain highly available.

What you'll need to succeed
Strong hands-on Microsoft SQL Server DBA experience within enterprise production settings




A background in infrastructure-focused DBA roles rather than SQL development
Robust experience with disaster recovery, high availability and database resilience
Extensive backup, restore, monitoring and performance optimisation experience
Experience administering and supporting large on-premises SQL Server environments
Good understanding of Windows Server and wider IT infrastructure
Ability to independently troubleshoot database and infrastructure-related issues
Experience with database security, patching and operational maintenance
Azure or cloud database exposure would be advantageous, but is not essential

What you'll get in return
Up to 10% annual bonus
Five weeks' annual leave
Fully reimbursed parking
Modern Newcastle office close to public transport
Opportunity to take ownership of a significant SQL Server environment
Exposure to future Azure and data platform initiatives
Long-term opportunities to broaden your skills beyond traditional DBA responsibilities
Supportive and experienced infrastructure team

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV to View email address on aplitrak.com .

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