MS SQL SME/Database Engineer (Oracle, PostgreSQL)
Posted Today by TXP Technology x People
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
Warwickshire, UK
Summary: The SQL Database Infrastructure Engineer role is a 12-month fixed-term contract focused on providing technical ownership of the Database Estate for a leading financial services client. The position requires expertise in Microsoft SQL, Oracle, and PostgreSQL, with responsibilities including incident response, change management, and performance assessment. The role offers hybrid working options with some travel to Warwickshire and includes a competitive salary and benefits package.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide technical advisory support for projects and respond to database related P1, P2 and P3 incidents.
- Review and approve change requests across the database estate, assess potential impacts, and communicate detailed reviews to stakeholders.
- Assess database performance, recommend improvements, define guardrails and build standards, and ensure third party providers comply.
- Evaluate and advise on consolidation opportunities and cost savings across the database environment.
- Represent the team on the Change Advisory Board (CAB) to evaluate, prioritise, approve or reject changes to the Network infrastructure.
- Collaborate with external IT partners and vendors to drive service improvements.
Key Skills:
- Microsoft SQL - essential
- Oracle and PostgreSQL - preferable
- Database migrations and consolidation - essential
- Database observability and troubleshooting - essential
- Cloud technologies (Azure SQL, PaaS) - essential
- Governance or architectural practices within a regulated industry - advantageous
Salary (Rate): £60,000 yearly
City: Warwickshire
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
SQL Database Infrastructure Engineer
12 Month FTC
£55,000 - £60,000 PA, Plus 17.5% Bonus & Fantastic Benefits Package
Location: Hybrid working options available - Some travel to Warwickshire as required - Candidates UK wide can be considered
Are you an experienced Infrastructure/Database professional with a background in SQL, Oracle and PostgreSQL?
A superb Fixed Term Contract opportunity has become available with our leading financial services client to provide technical ownership of the Database Estate, maintain its stability, and ensure secure and robust solutions.
As a highly accomplished Microsoft SQL SME, your key duties will include -
- Provide technical advisory support for projects and respond to database related P1, P2 and P3 incidents.
- Review and approve change requests across the database estate, assess potential impacts, and communicate detailed reviews to stakeholders.
- Assess database performance, recommend improvements, define guardrails and build standards, and ensure third party providers comply.
- Evaluate and advise on consolidation opportunities and cost savings across the database environment.
- Represent the team on the Change Advisory Board (CAB) to evaluate, prioritise, approve or reject changes to the Network infrastructure.
- Collaborate with external IT partners and vendors to drive service improvements.
The successful candidate will be an SME in MS SQL and possess experience in:
- Microsoft SQL - essential
- Oracle and PostgreSQL - preferable
- Database migrations and consolidation - essential
- Database observability and troubleshooting - essential
- Cloud technologies (Azure SQL, PaaS) - essential
- Governance or architectural practices within a regulated industry - advantageous
If your profile demonstrates strong and recent experience in the above areas - please submit your application to Jackie Dean at TXP for consideration.