SQL SME / Database Engineer (Oracle, PostgreSQL)

SQL Database Infrastructure Engineer

12 Month FTC

Salary upto £52,000 PA, Plus 17.5% Bonus & Fantastic Benefits Package

Location: Hybrid working - 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 SQL SME, your key dutes 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 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 - advantageousIf your profile demonstrates strong and recent experience in the above areas - please submit your application to Jackie Dean at TXP for consideration
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed