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Database Administrator
£50,000 - 65,000
Edenred
Milford Street 1, Swindon
£50,000 - 65,000
Requirements
Must:
- Proven experience as a PostgreSQL DBA in production environments (Aurora PostgreSQL preferred).
- Strong track record of migrating Oracle workloads to PostgreSQL, including performance tuning and schema redesign.
- Deep understanding of PostgreSQL internals—MVCC, vacuuming, replication, clustering, indexing.
- Expertise in query optimisation, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.
- Hands-on experience with AWS services: EC2, S3, VPC, IAM.
- Solid grasp of database security principles and compliance frameworks.
- Experience implementing robust backup and recovery strategies.
*Desirable Extras:*
- Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Experience with monitoring platforms such as CloudWatch, Datadog, or similar.
- Knowledge of replication tooling like AWS DMS or Oracle GoldenGate.
- Exposure to CI/CD integration and DevOps collaboration for database automation.
Responsibilities
- Manage and optimise PostgreSQL databases hosted on Amazon Aurora, ensuring performance, scalability, and resilience.
- Support the migration of mission-critical Oracle workloads to Aurora PostgreSQL, applying best practices for performance and reliability.
- Work across multi-engine environments including Oracle (on-prem Exadata and AWS RDS), MySQL, MariaDB, and SQL Server within AWS.
- Design and implement schemas, partitioning strategies, indexing, and replication for high-throughput systems.
- Enforce security standards aligned with PCI DSS and regulatory frameworks, focusing on user management, encryption, and auditing.
- Ensure availability and recovery through robust backup strategies, disaster recovery planning, and high availability configurations.
- Deploy monitoring and diagnostics using advanced tooling to troubleshoot and resolve complex issues in real time.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with DevOps, developers, and architects to align database infrastructure with business goals.
Description
At Edenred Paytech, we are on a mission to transform how we manage data—securely, scalably, and smartly. As we accelerate our cloud adoption journey, we seek a PostgreSQL Database Administrator to help modernise our database estate and lead high-impact migrations from Oracle to Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL. This is a hands-on, high-visibility role for someone who thrives in fast-paced environments, brings deep technical expertise, and enjoys collaborating across architecture, development, and DevOps teams. If you are passionate about PostgreSQL and cloud-native solutions, this is your opportunity to shape the future of data infrastructure at a leading fintech. Join us in our cloud-first transformation, where you will work in a collaborative, agile environment that values innovation, ownership, and continuous learning. Ready to energise your career and make your mark in cloud-native data engineering? Apply now and help us build the future of fintech—powered by PostgreSQL.
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