At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and optimise high-quality T-SQL for robust database solutions.
- Company: Join Davies Turner, a leading UK freight forwarder with a rich history.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, hybrid work, up to 27 days holiday, and private healthcare.
- Other info: Great career growth opportunities in a dynamic IT environment.
- Why this job: Make an impact in a collaborative team while enhancing your database skills.
- Qualifications: 5 years SQL Server experience and strong T-SQL skills required.
The predicted salary is between 56000 - 83000 £ per year.
Salary: £56,000 - 83,000 per year
Requirements
- Strong experience as a SQL Server Database Developer in a production environment (typically 5 years)
- Excellent T‑SQL skills including performance tuning and optimisation
- Solid understanding of relational database design principles
- Experience supporting controlled database changes across multiple environments
- Proven ability to analyse and resolve complex database performance and data issues
- Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills
- Experience working alongside application development teams (desirable)
- Exposure to high‑availability or resilient SQL Server environments (desirable)
- Familiarity with database deployment, version control, or monitoring tools (desirable)
Responsibilities
- Design, develop and maintain high‑quality T‑SQL including stored procedures, views, functions, tables, and indexes
- Proactively analyse and resolve database performance bottlenecks using execution plans, indexing strategies, and query refactoring
- Optimise high‑volume transactional queries, reporting workloads, and data integration jobs
- Design and support scalable database patterns suitable for high‑availability environments
- Support application and integration development through all stages of delivery
- Support and promote controlled database changes across Development, Test, and Production environments
- Work closely with CI/CD or release processes to version database scripts, coordinate deployment sequencing, and reduce release risk
- Ensure database changes are repeatable, auditable, and rollback‑ready
- Diagnose and resolve complex database‑related incidents including failed deployments, data inconsistencies, and performance degradation
- Support restore, recovery, and synchronisation activities in coordination with DBA teams or managed service partners
- Contribute to improving database standards and documentation
Technologies
- CI/CD
- Support
- SQL
- PLC
At Davies Turner, we are expanding our IT Development capability and are looking for a talented SQL Server Database Developer to join our growing team in Dartford, Kent. This full‑time, permanent position offers a competitive salary and hybrid working arrangements. We pride ourselves on our collaborative environment and are committed to providing our employees with numerous benefits, including up to 27 days of holiday, private healthcare, and training opportunities.
SQL Server Database Developer employer: Sivara GmbH
At Davies Turner, we offer an exceptional work environment for SQL Server Database Developers in Dartford, Kent, where collaboration and innovation thrive. Our commitment to employee growth is reflected in our extensive training opportunities and generous benefits package, including up to 27 days of holiday and private healthcare. Join us to be part of a historic British company that values your contributions and supports your professional journey.
