SQL DBA – Security Cleared
CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler · Earlswood, Redhill ·
- Employment
- Contract
- Salary
- GBP 550 – 600 / day
Contract SQL Server DBA role, onsite in Basingstoke, supporting a secure, business-critical Defence environment. Day-to-day work covers administration, backup/recovery, performance tuning, HA/DR, database security and automation using T-SQL and PowerShell. Requires active UK DV clearance; pays £550–£600 per day outside IR35.
Salary: £? - ? per year
Requirements:- Active UK DV clearance is essential.
- Strong commercial experience as a SQL Server DBA.
- Extensive experience administering Microsoft SQL Server in enterprise environments.
- Strong knowledge of backup and recovery strategies and processes.
- Proven experience in SQL Server performance tuning and optimisation.
- Experience with High Availability and Disaster Recovery technologies and methodologies.
- Strong T-SQL development and scripting skills.
- Good PowerShell scripting and automation experience.
- Experience with database monitoring, alerting and troubleshooting.
- Strong understanding of database security, permissions and access controls.
- Experience providing operational or production support in a complex IT environment.
- Ability to diagnose and resolve complex database incidents and performance issues.
- Desirable: Experience in Defence, Government or other highly secure environments.
- Desirable: Experience automating DBA and security processes.
- Desirable: Experience supporting highly available, mission-critical SQL Server environments.
- Desirable: Knowledge of infrastructure, networking and application dependencies in enterprise environments.
- Desirable: Experience with SQL Server clustering, Always On Availability Groups or similar HA technologies.
- Desirable: Familiarity with ITIL-based operational support and change management processes.
- Provide day-to-day SQL Server DBA and operational support across production and non-production environments.
- Perform database administration, configuration, maintenance and troubleshooting.
- Manage backup and recovery, including backup strategies, restores and recovery testing.
- Monitor and optimise SQL Server performance, identify bottlenecks and implement tuning improvements.
- Support and maintain High Availability (HA) solutions and database resilience.
- Contribute to Disaster Recovery (DR) planning, testing and implementation.
- Implement and maintain database security controls, access management and security automation.
- Develop and maintain monitoring, alerting and health-check processes.
- Troubleshoot database incidents and provide technical resolution within agreed SLAs.
- Develop and maintain T-SQL scripts for administration, automation, reporting and troubleshooting.
- Use PowerShell to automate database administration and operational tasks.
- Support patching, upgrades, configuration changes and database maintenance activities.
- Produce and maintain technical documentation, procedures and operational runbooks.
- Work closely with infrastructure, application and security teams to ensure reliable and secure database services.
- Support
- ITIL
- PowerShell
- SQL
- Security
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We are seeking an experienced SQL Database Administrator to provide operational support and administration across a secure, business-critical SQL Server environment. This hands-on role focuses on the availability, performance, security, backup and recovery of SQL Server databases in a highly secure Defence environment. The position is onsite in Basingstoke, offered on a contract basis outside IR35, at a rate of £550 to £600 per day.
last updated 39 week of 2026