Senior Microsoft SQL Platform Engineer

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Microsoft SQL Platform Engineer to manage, optimise and protect SQL Server environments for multiple enterprise customers. You will work across diverse SQL Server versions and architectures, ensuring stability, performance and resilience for critical business systems.

Key responsibilities

• Install, configure and upgrade Microsoft SQL Server instances.
• Design, implement and maintain Always On Availability Groups.
• Manage SQL Server replication and failover clustering.
• Plan and execute backup, recovery and disaster‑recovery strategies.
• Troubleshoot performance issues, tune queries and optimise indexes and statistics.
• Conduct capacity and storage planning, security reviews and hardening.
• Perform planned maintenance, health checks and after‑hours support when required.
• Support customer projects, migrations and produce clear technical documentation.
• Mentor junior engineers and automate repetitive tasks using PowerShell and T‑SQL.

Required profile

• Proven ability to work independently and represent the client professionally.
• Strong customer‑facing technical support experience.
• Experience with a variety of SQL Server versions, backup solutions and storage platforms.

Required skills

• Microsoft SQL Server administration
• Always On Availability Groups
• SQL Server replication
• Failover clustering
• Backup and recovery strategies
• Performance tuning and query optimisation
• T‑SQL scripting
• Windows Server administration
• PowerShell scripting
• Azure SQL technologies
• Enterprise storage platforms