PostgreSQL Forensic Specialist

Salary: £53,000 - 93,000 per year

Requirements:

• Deep PostgreSQL internals expertise, specifically MVCC (Multi-Version Concurrency Control), transaction semantics, locking behaviour, and advanced knowledge of PostgreSQL Write-Ahead Logging
• Expert or advanced experience with physical and logical PostgreSQL data structures
• Highly proficient with PostgreSQL Toolkit and third-party diagnostic tools
• Experience correlating evidence across multiple systems, schemas, and logs
• Experience investigating concurrency issues with cloud database vendors
• Desirable experience with common database-access frameworks including JDBC, Hibernate, SQLAlchemy, or equivalent PostgreSQL frameworks

Responsibilities:

• Lead a technical assessment into reported database anomalies and determine whether sufficient evidence and technical access exist for a defensible investigation
• Assess the scale, complexity, and forensic relevance of PostgreSQL data structures and the transaction model
• Review the availability and completeness of historical artefacts, including database records, WAL, logs, backups, audit data, and other sources
• Evaluate the feasibility of reconstructing historical transaction activity and establishing reliable timelines for reported anomalies
• Identify principal technical and evidential risk areas that may require deeper forensic examination
• Reconstruct transaction timelines where feasible
• Correlate anomalies with audit and metadata to determine business impact
• Catalogue distinct issue types with verifiable examples

Technologies:

• Cloud
• Hibernate
• Support
• PostgreSQL

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We are Scrumconnect Consulting, a multi-award-winning digital consultancy delivering impactful and innovative technology solutions across UK government departments, positively influencing the lives of over 40 million UK citizens. We are passionate about user-centred design, agile delivery, and building digital services that make a real difference. This role is for a highly specialised PostgreSQL Forensic Specialist to support complex technical assessment work. We are committed to diversity, inclusion, and providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and during employment, and we welcome applications from candidates seeking flexible working arrangements.

last updated 34 week of 2026