Salary: £45,000 - 50,000 per year Requirements: Solid experience administering MS SQL in a live, operational environment Knowledge of maintaining high availability and performance Ability to troubleshoot issues calmly and methodically Experience working alongside other IT teams to support critical applications Exposure to Azure or other cloud platforms (preferred but not essential) Organized, self-motivated, and comfortable taking ownership within a small DBA function Responsibilities: Manage and optimize the MS SQL estate, ensuring performance, integrity, and availability across business-critical systems Manage and maintain SQL Server databases across production and non-production environments Monitor performance and proactively tune queries, indexes, and configurations Own backups, restores, patching, and upgrades, keeping systems secure and up to date Support high availability, disaster recovery, and data retention strategies Work closely with development and infrastructure teams to improve resilience and capacity planning Support incidents and participate in a paid on-call rota Technologies: Azure Cloud Support SQL More: We are one of the UKs leading logistics businesses, offering a competitive salary of £45,000 - £50,000 plus a £10,000 on-call allowance and solid benefits. This role is based in Liverpool, with the flexibility of working 2 days a week in the office. Youll be joining a small and dedicated team of DBAs, taking ownership of a critical SQL estate that underpins our operations. last updated 8 week of 2026