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Role Title: SQL Server lead
Location: Glasgow/ 2-3 days a week onsite
Duration: 31/12/2026
Role Description
Overall purpose of role
Senior SQL Server developer with experience in programming, design, and integration of data warehouse and data distribution platforms
Designs, builds, and optimises T-SQL code (stored procedures, functions, views) and data models to produce trusted security/risk reporting and records-management-aligned datasets
Engineers resilient batch and near-real-time data processing, with strong data profiling, root-cause analysis, and incident/problem management
Owns performance tuning and capacity considerations for SQL Server workloads (query plans, indexing strategy, partitioning, statistics, IO/CPU optimisation) to meet SLAs
Works with engineers, analysts, and control owners to translate security, risk, and records-management requirements into robust schemas, data quality rules, lineage, and reconciliations; ensures solutions are testable, supportable, and compliant
Leads by example through peer reviews, coding standards, release discipline, and mentoring; proactively manages delivery risks and dependencies across data platform, security, risk, and governance stakeholders
Key Accountabilities
- Owns end-to-end delivery of SQL Server components for security, risk, control, and records-management use cases: requirements capture, technical design, build, code review, deployment, and documentation, aligned to agreed engineering standards
- Implements robust testing and quality controls (e.g., TSQLT/unit tests, data quality checks, reconciliations) and supports SIT/UAT/release cycles
- Ensures database solutions meet security and records-management requirements (classification, retention, access controls, segregation of duties, logging/audit trails), partnering with risk and platform governance as required
- Designs and evolves data models and physical schemas that support security metrics, control monitoring, and MI, with clear lineage and interfaces to upstream/downstream data products
- Provides operational support for production services (monitoring, incident triage, problem management, remediation, and performance optimisation) and drives continuous improvement through automation and
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Person Specification
The role holder must be a strong computer scientist with a good appreciation of the fundamental principles of relational database technology
The role holder must have strong time management skills and be able to juggle and complex and demanding workload
The candidate will be educated to degree level or above, preferably in computer science or a closely related discipline
The role holder will have an excellent command of the English language with strong written and verbal communications to deliver against our commitment to providing a world-class service and drive our dedication to the client experience
Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications:
- Expert T-SQL development (complex query design, stored procedures/functions, set-based approaches) with strong code quality and review discipline
- Strong SQL Server performance engineering (execution plans, indexing, partitioning, concurrency) and ability to diagnose production issues under pressure
- Testing mindset and automation: SQLT (or equivalent), data quality assertions, and ability to produce repeatable evidence for security/risk/control reporting
- Good understanding of secure database development and data controls (access management, auditing, sensitive data handling) and confidence engaging with security and risk stakeholders
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Desirable skills/Preferred Qualifications
- Source control and branching strategies (Git/GitLab), pull requests, and code review standards
- CICD tooling (e.g., GitLab) and release automation for database deployments
- Artefact/repository management (e.g., Nexus) and dependency/version control
- Scripting/automation (e.g., PowerShell and Linux shell scripting, plus Python where needed) and familiarity with server scheduling/orchestration patterns
- Data governance/records management awareness (retention and evidencing) and how these apply to data products and reporting
- Working knowledge of Java and/or Scala particularly where used alongside Spark-based data processing
Stakeholder Management and Leadership
- Key stakeholders within the team are the Lead Product Owner, Data Analysts, PM/Scrum Masters, and Technical Leads
- Key stakeholders external to the team are the Wealth Enterprise Architects and BAs and architects on other platform or project teams that interface to PBTV
Risk and Control Objective
Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework, and internal Policies and Policy Standards
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