{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"d2ed430dbca5b2dffe9ebbb7","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/d2ed430dbca5b2dffe9ebbb7","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/d2ed430dbca5b2dffe9ebbb7","title":"Client Solutions Database Engineer","description":"Kennedys is looking for a Client Solutions Database Engineer to join our IT team, based in Manchester. The successful candidate will work as part of the Client Solutions sub-team, collaborating closely with wider IT and Business Services teams to design, optimise and maintain high-performance database systems that support our core SaaS platform, reporting environments and client billing solutions.\r\nThis is a hybrid role combining architectural leadership with hands-on engineering. You will act as the technical authority for our database ecosystem-setting standards, driving best practice, and solving complex challenges-while also writing advanced SQL, building prototypes and guiding junior engineers.\r\nTeam\r\nKennedys' IT team is responsible for delivering a responsive, effective and timely IT service to the firm's employees and clients. The team designs and implements operational processes to ensure our systems remain reliable, secure and highly available. You will join a collaborative group committed to continuous improvement and supporting the firm's global technology needs.\r\nKey responsibilities\r\nLead the design and optimisation of scalable, high-performance database architectures across our SaaS platform, reporting environments and client billing systems.\r\nGovern and enhance the stored procedure estate, reusable scripts and development standards across the engineering team.\r\nProduce clear, accessible documentation for data models, data dictionaries and architectural decisions.\r\nDrive technical projects with strong momentum, providing proactive updates and ensuring timely delivery.\r\nMentor and upskill junior team members, fostering a collaborative, learning-focused engineering culture.\r\nRequired experience\r\nExtensive experience with modern Azure SQL services and designing complex, high-performance relational databases.\r\nStrong data modelling skills across both OLTP (SaaS) and OLAP (reporting/analytics) environments.\r\nProven expertise in performance tuning, scaling, security and cost optimisation.\r\nHands-on experience with backups, integrity checks, index maintenance and troubleshooting using blocking, caching and wait statistics.\r\nAdvanced proficiency in T-SQL, stored procedures, functions and custom integrations.\r\nExperience designing and orchestrating ETL/ELT pipelines using tools such as dbt or Azure Data Factory.\r\nStrong background in technical code reviews and mentoring junior engineers.\r\nExcellent communication skills, with the ability to work autonomously and document technical decisions clearly.\r\nExperience designing Power BI-optimised data models and writing performant DAX.\r\nStrong understanding of how database architecture impacts BI performance and reporting pipelines.\r\n*where a level of experience is indicated, this is a guideline only and represents the amount of time we would usually expect a candidate to accumulate the requisite level of experience. 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