Posted: 22h ago
The role
Azure SQL DBA / Data Platform Engineer | Belfast | Hybrid | PermanentWe are working with a growing UK software company in the insurance space to hire an Azure SQL DBA / Data Platform Engineer into a brand new role. They build and run the platforms their clients rely on to sell and manage policies across multiple channels, serving everyone from small brokers to large blue chip organisations, and they are sitting on a wealth of valuable real-time policy and quote data across a large client base.This is first and foremost an ownership role. The business has a multi-year strategy to consolidate how it delivers reporting to clients, moving away from one-off bespoke reports towards modern, repeatable Azure tooling, and they need someone to come in, understand the landscape and define the roadmap for how it gets done. You will not be inheriting a finished playbook. You will be writing it. The day-to-day SQL DBA work sits alongside this as the smaller part of the role.What you will be doing:Taking ownership of the reporting and data platform strategy, a multi-year programme to consolidate bespoke client reporting into modern, repeatable Azure solutionsAssessing the current data landscape across a large and varied client base and defining the approach and delivery roadmap yourselfDesigning and building ETL and data delivery pipelines using Azure Data Factory or Microsoft Fabric, delivering data to clients in a range of formats and mechanismsWorking with the head of data on report requirements and alongside a dedicated Azure platform engineer who provisions the underlying resourcesExploring modern and AI-assisted ways to transform and deliver data, with Azure AI Foundry already in use across the businessLooking after the day-to-day health of the Azure SQL estate, around 20% of the role, covering performance, capacity, housekeeping, backups and securityIdentifying poorly performing queries using Azure SQL's performance tooling and working with the development team to resolve themWhat we are looking for:Experience in a SQL DBA and/or Azure data platform role, ideally with exposure to bothStrong SQL Server and Azure SQL administration with solid T-SQL, this is criticalHands-on ETL experience with Azure Data Factory or Microsoft Fabric, this is essentialA genuine self-starter who can take an open-ended problem, understand the landscape and come back with a clear planConfident engaging stakeholders across the business and comfortable owning the function on your own initiallyThe appetite to build and lead a team around this as it growsUseful but not essential:Microsoft Fabric, Azure Synapse, Azure Data Lake or Power BI, whichever side you have not already coveredExperience consolidating data from multiple sources into a single platform or data lakeAI tooling such as Azure AI FoundryCI/CD for databases, Azure cost optimisation, PowerShell or Azure CLIData governance and master data managementThe details:Location: Belfast, hybrid, three days in the office Tuesday to Thursday and two from homeNo out-of-hours or on-call requirementA genuinely greenfield role with full scope to shape it and grow a team over timeOne-stage interview processContinuous professional development, salary sacrifice company pension, enhanced holiday entitlement and a holiday trading schemePrivate healthcare and wellbeing membership, eyecare and flu vaccination schemePaid lunch hour and regular social and team eventsIf this sounds like your next move, apply now or get in touch with us directly for a chat.Skills:Azure DBA SQL ETLBenefits:Work From HomeWHJS1_NI
