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

Your new 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 workplace, 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 environmentsA background in infrastructure-focused DBA roles rather than SQL developmentStrong experience with disaster recovery, high availability and database resilienceExtensive backup, restore, monitoring and performance optimisation experienceExperience administering and supporting large on-premises SQL Server environmentsGood understanding of Windows Server and wider IT infrastructureAbility to independently troubleshoot database and infrastructure-related issuesExperience with database security, patching and operational maintenanceAzure or cloud database exposure would be advantageous, but is not essentialWhat you'll get in return
Up to 10% annual bonusFive weeks' annual leaveFully reimbursed parkingModern Newcastle office close to public transportOpportunity to take ownership of a significant SQL Server environmentExposure to future Azure and data platform initiativesLong-term opportunities to broaden your skills beyond traditional DBA responsibilitiesSupportive and experienced infrastructure teamWhat 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 [email protected].
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📌 SQL DBA (Newcastle)
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