Senior Database Administrator (Postgres) Full Time Permanent

Senior Database Administrator (Postgres) | £90,000 – £100,000 | Fully Remote | SC Eligibility Required

The Business

My client, an award winning and scaling data consultancy practice, move highly sensitive data into the public cloud. Their products enable the transformation of systems into ultra-secure, scalable and powerful cloud-based environments for their clients.

In 2020 They were recognised as a ‘One to Watch’ on the Sunday Times Tech Track and were recognised at the Thames Valley Tech Awards 2020; winning the Thames Valley Tech Company of the year, the Emerging Tech Company and High Growth Tech Business categories.

The Role

They are now recruiting for a Senior Database Administrator (Postgres) to work alongside other DBAs, DevOps Engineers, Architects, and other SMEs to work on reliability and performance aspects of multiple AWS Production and Non-Production databases supporting critical applications

You will also drive root cause analysis of incidents and determine how to better respond to or avoid incidents, work on observability of relevant database metrics aligned to service SLAs, and work towards the automation of the database platform and help engineering focus on delivering working application services

Skill and Experience Required

– Hold Security Clearance (SC) or be eligible
– At least 5 years’ experience as a DBA
– AWS Cloud computing
– Extensive experience with Postgres
– Deployment via CI/CD automation
– Maintenance, configuration, and monitoring databases
– Designing and implementing High Availability & Disaster Recovery
– Exposure to Python
– Experience developing and training DBAs

What’s in it for you?

– £90,000 – £100,000 DOE
– Fully remote
– 25 days holiday
– Life assurance 4 x annual salary
– Dental insurance cover
– Virtual GP
– Company pension

So, if you are interested in this Senior Database Administrator (Postgres) or know someone who would be apply today!