About Us

An innovative ICT solutions group that delivers enterprise-grade infrastructure, analytics, and customer-engagement services.

As an independent but collaborative alliance of companies, ethos is built on service excellence, creativity, and a commitment to long-term customer value.
The company is growing and looking for a strong Senior SQL DBA to join our team in an office-based role.

Role Overview

As a Senior SQL DBA, you will be responsible for the design, implementation, support, and optimization of SQL databases that underpin critical infrastructure and business systems. You’ll work alongside infrastructure engineers, application teams, and data analysts to ensure our database environment is performant, secure, resilient, and scalable.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage Microsoft SQL Server instances (on-premises and/or cloud)
• Perform database installation, configuration, upgrades, patching, and migrations
• Monitor, tune, and optimize database performance (queries, indexing, resource usage)
• Implement backup, restore, and recovery strategies, ensuring data integrity and high availability
• Set up and manage replication, clustering, and other high-availability solutions
• Ensure database security by managing permissions, roles, and encryption
• Design and enforce disaster recovery (DR) plans
• Work with development teams to design schema, stored procedures, and efficient queries
• Troubleshoot database issues (deadlocks, performance bottlenecks, locking, etc.)
• Automate DBA tasks using scripting (PowerShell, T-SQL, etc.)
• Conduct capacity planning, forecasting, and resource management
• Document database architecture, standards, and operational procedures
• Mentor junior DBAs/database engineers as needed
• Stay up to date with the latest SQL Server features, best practices, and industry trends

Preferred / Nice-to-Have

• Experience with cloud-based SQL databases (Azure SQL, AWS RDS for SQL Server, etc.)
• Experience with database DevOps / CI/CD tooling (e.g., DACPAC, Redgate, Flyway)
• Knowledge of other database platforms (e.g., Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL)
• Experience in data warehousing / BI (data modeling, ETL processes)
• Exposure to containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes) or Virtualization

Work Environment

• Office-based (on-prem) role
• Close collaboration with infrastructure and application teams
• Structured team environment that values continuous improvement and professional growth

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Career progression and opportunities for professional development
• A culture that values innovation, collaboration, and long-term thinking
• On-the-job mentoring and leadership opportunities
• Stable working environment within a well-established ICT company