DBA Specialist

Salary: £? - ? per year

Requirements:

• Proven experience as a Database Administrator (DBA) or DBA Specialist.
• Strong knowledge of database concepts, architecture, and best practices.
• Experience with one or more of the following: Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB.
• Strong SQL skills.
• Database performance tuning and optimisation experience.
• Knowledge of database security principles and controls.
• Experience with backup, recovery, replication, high availability, and disaster recovery solutions.
• Scripting experience, particularly PowerShell.
• Strong Linux and Windows administration knowledge.
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively within a high-pressure production environment.
• Experience with cloud-based database services such as AWS RDS, Azure SQL Database, or Google Cloud SQL.
• Automation experience using Ansible.
• Awareness of Apache Tomcat and JVM environments.
• Experience supporting Very Large Databases (VLDBs).
• Knowledge of NetApp ONTAP and SnapCenter.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain database schemas, tables, indexes, and stored procedures.
• Monitor and optimise database performance across critical environments.
• Perform database administration activities including backups, restores, patching, and upgrades.
• Troubleshoot and resolve database-related issues and incidents.
• Implement and support database security and access controls.
• Manage replication, high availability, and disaster recovery solutions.
• Support database scalability and resilience initiatives.
• Contribute to automation and operational improvements.
• Work onsite in either Leicester or Hursley five days per week.
• Participate in an on-call rota for P1/P2 incidents.

Technologies:

• AWS
• Ansible
• Azure
• Cloud
• Support
• JVM
• Linux
• MongoDB
• MySQL
• Oracle
• PostgreSQL
• PowerShell
• SQL
• Security
• Tomcat
• Windows
• DevOps

More:

We are seeking an experienced DBA Specialist to support critical database environments and ensure the performance, availability, and security of key business systems. This is an exciting opportunity for a database professional with strong administration, performance tuning, automation, and troubleshooting experience to work within a highly secure and complex production environment. The role is based onsite in either Leicester or Hursley, five days per week, for a duration of 6 months or more, and includes participation in an on-call rota for P1/P2 incidents with additional compensation provided.

last updated 39 week of 2026