Senior SQL Optimisation Engineer - £500 - £600pd Fully Remote from UK. JNC are working closely with a leading professional services client that is looking for a Senior SQL Optimisation Engineer to join the business on a fully remote contract basis. The contract will focus on improving, tuning and optimising Microsoft SQL queries across the clients application estate. The ideal person for this role will have a strong expertise in SQL Server as well as application performance. Only candidates who have experience with Azure Cloud will be considered. Responsibilities: • SQL Server Optimisation across the clients various applications. • Identify any performance issues and suggest relevant solutions. • Work closely with other technical teams to approve changes and successful integration into production. • Document future best practise for SQL performance tuning. • Monitor and communicate performance improvements and system impacts. Experience Required: • Must have experience with Azure SQL or other cloud-based database platforms • Expert Level skills with Microsoft SQL Server 2016 and above. • Strong T-SQL skills including query writing and optimisation. • Knowledge and understanding execution plans and indexing strategies. • Experience working with SQL Profiler, Extended Events, and Query Store. • Knowledge and experience of database schema design and normalisation. • Experience with Load testing tools and performance benchmarking. • Knowledge and understanding application architectures and how SQL performance impacts In line with the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies JNC Recruitment are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies JNC Recruitment are acting as an Employment Business.