Azure SQL DBA

🔒 Confidential Employer

Posted 24 March 2026

LOCATION

Remote

TYPE

Contract

LEVEL

Mid-Senior level

SKILLS

MySQL AWS Azure SQL Database Administration Cloud Migration

FULL DESCRIPTION

Azure SQL DBA

Regions: Cardiff, England

Location: Wales

Disciplines: Cloud, Infrastructure and Services

Job types: Contract, Inside IR35, Remote Work

Industry: Infrastructure

Salary: £0 per day

Functions: 3rd Line Support, AWS Amazon Web Services, SQL

Seniority: Mid-level, Senior

Technologies: AWS, Azure Data Lake, PostgreSQL, SQL

Job reference: 118604

Role Overview

- We are looking for an experienced SQL Database Administrator with strong AWS and Azure cloud migration experience to support a major database transformation programme.

- The role will focus on migrating on-premise MySQL databases into cloud environments, initially into AWS and eventually transitioning workloads into Microsoft Azure.

- This role sits within a migration-focused satellite team working alongside the infrastructure team.

- The successful candidate will play a key role in risk assessment, migration planning, and execution, ensuring zero downtime migrations where possible while maintaining performance and security standards.

Required Skills & Experience

Essential

Strong Database Administration experience with MySQL.
Proven experience delivering database cloud migration projects.
Hands-on experience with both AWS and Azure cloud platforms.
Experience migrating on-premise databases to AWS.
Strong performance tuning and database optimisation skills.
Ability to conduct risk assessment and mitigation planning for migrations.
Strong documentation and communication skills.

Desirable

Experience with Azure Cosmos DB.
Exposure to large-scale database transformation projects.
Experience working in hybrid infrastructure environments.
Knowledge of database footprint reduction and system simplification strategies.

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