About Us: We are the tech company with people at heart. At Advania, we believe in empowering people to create sustainable value through the clever use of technology. As one of Microsoft's leading partners in the UK, specialising in Azure, Security, Dynamics 365, and Microsoft 365, we have a proven track record of success in delivering transformational IT services. Position Overview: We are looking for a SQL DBA support engineer who will be working as part of an award-winning Team to provide mostly remote and some onsite technical support, for one of our clients based in Wool. This can include incident; problems, change requests or projects depending on the requirements of our client. The engineer must possess excellent verbal communication skills as well as exceptional analytical and technical skills and continually look to improve on this. In addition, they need to collaborate with the entire On-site team with positive communication and sharing of knowledge and information. The role will be heavily focussed on SQL Database administration including design, implementation, and maintenance of the SQL environment, Patching, and Cyber Security remediation. Responsibilities: The Database Administrator will be responsible for the optimal running of SQL databases, their backups and disaster recovery testing. Responsibilities include: Ensuring SQL databases are performing at an optimum level. Defining backup and restore strategies and disaster recovery. Provide SQL Server database development and administration across business applications. Supporting client specific business system implementation and migration. Ensuring implementation of best performance management approaches. Upgrade plans for database versions. Database server configuration and best practice. Proactive identification and resolution of problematic transactions Oversee database backup strategy and recovery procedures. Provision nonstandard items. Install software patches and recovery procedures. Carry out daily checks, complete service requests and change requests withing SLA Qualifications and Experience: Significant and proven exposure to administering SQL Server 2014/2016/2019/2022 and Azure SQL. Strong Knowledge of Database and application low level architecture. Proficiency in designing highly available database solutions. Strong knowledge of performance tuning, query optimisation and index management. Experience with SQL monitoring tools. Proven experience of SQL scripting and coding. SQL clustering/high availability and disaster recovery. SQL optimisation and tuning. Windows Server 2012/2019/2022 Server operating systems. Azure DevOps/SVN Click here for the list of benefits. LI-Remote Our Selection Process: We are committed to ensuring an equitable experience for all candidates, regardless of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law. Please do let us know if you'll need any reasonable adjustments as part of the selection process by highlighting these on your application form. As part of our commitment to our clients we will need to carry out background checks, including a criminal record check, for all offers of employment. If you have any unspent criminal convictions or questions about the screening process, please notify your recruiter once the application has been submitted