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Requirements
Must:
- Strong T-SQL expertise and SQL database administration background
- Proven experience in database performance tuning and optimisation
- Hands-on experience with AWS-hosted databases (ideally RDS)
- Experience supporting production databases in cloud environments
- Strong understanding of backups, restores, monitoring, and security
- Experience working with high-transaction, automated systems
Responsibilities
- Acting as gatekeeper for production cloud databases
- Managing and optimising AWS RDS-hosted databases
- Owning monitoring, alerting, backups, and maintenance routines
- Performance tuning and optimisation of high-volume workloads
- Supporting delivery teams during releases, upgrades, and incidents
- Contributing to schema changes, indexing strategies, and new database builds
- Supporting database migrations, consolidation, and cloud upgrade initiatives
Description
We are seeking a Cloud Database Administrator to help safeguard and evolve a large, AWS-hosted database estate supporting critical business systems in a regulated environment. This high-impact role offers strong exposure to AWS-based database platforms and the opportunity to further develop your cloud skills in a complex, enterprise-scale environment. We value diversity and strive to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. Our team mostly works remotely, with occasional on-site attendance required. We offer a competitive salary of up to £65,000, a bonus of up to 17%, and stocks that vest every 2 years.
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How many Database Engineer jobs are in the UK?
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Which companies are hiring for Database Engineer jobs in the UK?
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The company with most openings is Experis as they are hiring for 88 different Database Engineer jobs in the UK. They are probably quite committed to find good Database Engineers.