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Microsoft SQL Database Site Reliability Engineer
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knutsford, United-Kingdom
Location
knutsford
Posted
June 11, 2026
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Job Description
Step into a high‑impact engineering role where you'll shape the future of Microsoft SQL operations at enterprise scale. As a Database SRE, you'll combine deep SQL Server expertise with modern SRE practices to build a more reliable, automated, and observable database platform for one of the world's largest financial institutions.
What You'll Do
- Lead SQL Engineering – solve complex SQL Server challenges across availability, tuning, performance, and architecture.
- Shape the MSSQL SRE practice – influence standards, patterns, SLIs/SLOs, and operational models for the SQL estate.
- Act as the top technical escalation – provide expert‑level guidance on incidents, root cause, and long‑term fixes.
- Drive automation and standardisation – reduce TOIL through scripting, configuration management, and platform engineering.
- Enhance observability – improve monitoring, alerting, telemetry, and reliability insights across the estate.