At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and manage SQL Server environments, ensuring high performance and availability.
- Company: Join Simpro Group, a leader in SaaS field service management solutions.
- Benefits: Enjoy generous leave, private health insurance, and a relaxed office vibe.
- Other info: Diverse training opportunities and a culture that celebrates success.
- Why this job: Make an impact with cutting-edge tech while growing your career in a supportive team.
- Qualifications: 3+ years in platform engineering and strong SQL Server expertise required.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
Job
Context: This is a full-time in office position at our Leeds Office, LS15 8ZB.
At Simpro Group (incorporating Big Change), we build software that powers field service management businesses around the globe.
- What You’ll Do
- Database Strategy & Lifecycle
Management: Own the design, strategy, patching, and maintenance of all SQL Server environments.
Lead SQL Server upgrades, migrations, and disaster recovery strategies.
Infrastructure & Platform
Operations: Maintain high platform availability and performance.
Collaborate with platform teams to automate deployments using modern CI/CD tools and Internal Developer Platforms (Backstage).
Performance Tuning & Optimization: Provide advanced query optimization, index management, and technical leadership to development teams for database-related performance bottlenecks.
Automation & Scripting: Develop, enhance, and maintain database automation scripts using T‑SQL, Power Shell, Python, or Bash to reduce toil and improve operational efficiency.
Security & Compliance: Manage change management processes, user access controls (RBAC), and security standards across database and platform environments.
System Architecture & Documentation: Contribute to technology evaluations, make architectural decisions, and maintain comprehensive documentation within our developer portal.
Incident Management & Reliability: Perform root cause analysis (RCA) on complex infrastructure issues and participate in a 24/7 on‑call rotation to maintain system SLA/SLOs.
What You’ll Bring
Experience: 3+ years of hands‑on experience in platform engineering, database administration/engineering, or DBRE roles.
Database Expertise: Deep hands‑on knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server architecture, high availability (Always On/AGs), performance tuning, and disaster recovery.
Cloud Computing: Strong working expertise with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred).
Automation & Scripting: Proficiency in modern scripting and programming languages such as Python, Bash, Power Shell, Node. js, Go, PHP, or Perl.
Networking & CI/CD: Practical understanding of core networking concepts (VPCs, DNS, load balancing) and automated deployment tools.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
Nice to Have: AWS Certifications (e. g., AWS Solutions Architect or Dev Ops Engineer).
- What We Can Offer You
- A generous annual leave entitlement plus a personal leave entitlement
- Private Health Insurance
- Employee Assistance Programme (24/7 confidential support on relationships, bereavement, finances)
- Life Insurance
- Company pension scheme, with an uncapped 5% employer contribution
- Generous Parental Leave Program
- Paid Volunteer Leave Days
- Public Holiday Exchange Scheme
- Talent Referral Programme – get rewarded for referring a friend to join our team!
- Cyclescheme, a salary sacrifice to treat yourself to a bike & equipment
- Home & Tech Scheme, a salary sacrifice to treat yourself to some new tech
- A discounts and cash back scheme
- Casual dress and relaxed office environment
- Opportunities for career progression and development
- Diverse training & internal networking opportunities across all of our product lines
- Service recognition awards
- Our Core Values
- We Are One Team
- We Are Customer Centric
- We Are Growth Minded
- We Are Accountable
- We Celebrate Success
Simpro, Aro Flo, Big Change & Clock Shark are equal opportunity employers with a best‑of‑class onboarding program and supportive team environments.
This means that we want everyone to feel welcome and offer equal opportunities for everyone, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, or any other non‑performance factor.
Welcome to Simpro!
Together with Aro Flo, Big Change and Clock Shark we are one team made up of many nationalities.
We are customer‑centric, always putting our customers and teammates first.
We take accountability, owning both our innovations and our mistakes.
We're growth‑minded, constantly learning and evolving.
And most of all, we celebrate our successes together!
Simpro Group provides best‑in‑class Saa S field service management solutions to trade and field service businesses worldwide.
The group comprises four industry‑leading companies, Simpro, Aro Flo, Big Change and Clock Shark, with offices across North America, Australia, New Zealand and the UK.
Simpro, Aro Flo & Big Change provide comprehensive field service management software for growth‑minded trade and field service businesses, while Clock Shark specialises in time‑tracking and scheduling software solutions.
Together, these companies seek to drive businesses forward with solutions that empower teams to work smarter, provide foundations for business scaling, and offer data‑driven insights to fuel decision‑making.
Simpro Group serves over 22,000 businesses and over 400,000 users worldwide and has a global workforce of more than 600 employees.
Ready to transform your business?
Explore our products at simprogroup. com, aroflo. com, bigchange. com and clockshark. com.
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Platform Engineer (Database SME) employer: GBR Simpro Software Ltd
Simpro Group is an exceptional employer located in Reading, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters collaboration and innovation. With generous benefits such as private health insurance, a robust pension scheme, and ample opportunities for career progression, employees are supported in both their professional and personal lives. The company values diversity and inclusivity, ensuring a welcoming environment where every team member can thrive and contribute to meaningful projects.
