SQL Server Architect - SC Cleared

London
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SQL Server Architect - SC Cleared

  • 6 month initial contract

  • Hybrid working from London

  • £605 per day - Inside IR35

  • SC Cleared role

    Key Skills:

    SQL Server Always On

    Sharepoint

    Key Activities

    Work with Infra Architect to define PoV success criteria (RPO/RTO, failover time, throughput, recovery steps).

    Stand up PoV topology:

    SQL Server Always On Availability Groups on Amazon EC2 across multiple AZs.

    Storage using EBS (io1/io2 / gp3) and, where required, FSx for Windows File Server for cluster dependencies.

    Integrate CloudWatch, AWS Backup, Systems Manager, and automation as appropriate (CloudFormation/Terraform/PowerShell).

    Confirm and test SharePoint compatibility (content/search/service DBs).

    Produce pattern catalogue and TCO/performance findings and assessment of complexity to introduce and in terms of operability and maintainability for each of the chosen patterns (Always On availability groups, Always On failover cluster instances (FCI), SIOS DataKeeper, AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery, and AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS)).

    Deliverables

    PoV Plan & Success Metrics

    Resilience Pattern Catalogue (HA/DR topologies, pros/cons, prerequisites)

    Testing of DR options with SharePoint team.

    Performance Baseline & Findings Report (throughput/latency, failover timings)

    PoV Recommendation & NextStep Design Decisions

    Core Responsibilities

    Architect HA/DR for SQL Server in AWS to support a missioncritical SharePoint farm.

    Evaluate native AWS options (EC2, EBS, FSx, Route 53, CloudWatch, Backup, Systems Manager, CloudFormation).

    Design and validate Always On patterns, listener routing, quorum/witness.

    Collaborate with the Infrastructure Architect to ensure network/IAM/security fit.

    Produce documentation, runbooks, and handover materials for operations.

    Skills & Experience

    Essential

    10+ years with Microsoft SQL Server (2016+) architecture and operations.

    Proven delivery of Always On Availability Groups, FCI, log shipping/replication.

    Largescale SharePoint database design/operations experience.

    Strong performance engineering (indexing, I/O, concurrency, wait stats, storage optimisation).

    Deep understanding of networking for Always On, listener design, DNS failover.

    Excellent documentation and stakeholder communication.

    Desirable

    Azure SQL HA/DR exposure (SQL MI, zone redundancy) for comparative design decisions.

    Handson AWS deployment for SQL workloads (EC2, EBS, FSx, Route 53, CloudWatch, Backup, SSM).

    Automation tooling (CloudFormation/Terraform, PowerShell DSC).

    Experience with regulated environments and security hardening

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