Salary: £33,000 - 65,000 per year Requirements: Strong SQL Server administration experience in live service environments. Demonstrable expertise in performance tuning and troubleshooting database bottlenecks. Practical experience with Azure Cosmos DB, including throughput, indexing, and partitioning strategies. Understanding of HA/DR design principles and tooling. Commitment to secure, well-governed data management practices. Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, service-focused environment. Experience in public sector (Scotland) IT services and associated compliance standards is desirable. Familiarity with cloud-hosted operational databases and Azure infrastructure is a plus. Knowledge of automation tools (PowerShell, ARM/Bicep, Terraform, DevOps pipelines). Experience supporting legacy application transformation or migration projects is beneficial. Responsibilities: Administer, configure, and support SQL Server environments across development, test, and production. Manage, optimize, and monitor Azure Cosmos DB workloads to ensure cost-effective, scalable performance. Perform proactive capacity planning, patching, and upgrades to meet operational needs. Identify and resolve database performance issues impacting legacy systems. Improve query and indexing strategies, schema design, and execution plans to reduce latency. Introduce monitoring and alerting improvements aligned with operational SLAs and KPIs. Ensure compliance with data legislation and security standards, including GDPR and government policy. Manage access controls, auditing, and data protection measures. Maintain documentation that supports transparency, continuity, and operational resilience. Support the evolution of data platforms with modern architectures where appropriate. Collaborate closely with engineering and delivery teams to support service transformation initiatives. Technologies: ARM Azure Cloud Cosmos DB DevOps Support PowerShell SQL Security Terraform More: We are seeking a skilled Database Administrator (DBA) with deep SQL Server expertise and hands-on experience with Cosmos DB to join our engineering team. The successful candidate will play a key role in optimizing the performance, reliability, and scalability of our mission-critical databases that support a large legacy application currently experiencing latency challenges. This role involves both strategic improvements and tactical performance tuning, ensuring that our data platform evolves while effectively supporting existing business processes. We have deemed this role Outside IR35. Applicants must hold, or be happy to apply for, a valid Basic Disclosure Scotland. last updated 23 week of 2026