2134 IT & Software Developer jobs in the UK
Senior Database Administrator
ÂŁ65,000 - 75,000
The Square, Bournemouth
ÂŁ65,000 - 75,000
Requirements
Must:
To thrive in this role, you’ll need:
- Strong experience with Cloud SQL (MySQL) and BigQuery, including indexing, query plans, and schema design.
- Hands-on production experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Proficiency in Terraform, Git, Bash, and other scripting/IaC tools.
- Familiarity with monitoring tools like Cloud Monitoring or New Relic.
- Solid understanding of database security, IAM, encryption, and audit logging.
- Proven operational experience with high availability, backups, disaster recovery, and change management.
- Excellent documentation and stakeholder communication skills.
Bonus points for experience with Couchbase, Redis, Kubernetes, Airbyte, Laravel, and Agile methodologies. GCP certifications (Data Engineer or Cloud Architect) are also desirable.
Responsibilities
As a Senior Database Administrator, you’ll play a pivotal role in our technology function, leading the design, optimisation, and scaling of our cloud-based data platform. You’ll be responsible for both transactional and analytical workloads across Cloud SQL (MySQL) and BigQuery, ensuring performance, reliability, security, and cost-efficiency. This is a hands-on role where you’ll manage high availability setups, performance tuning, disaster recovery planning, automation, and observability. You’ll also mentor engineers, maintain documentation, and manage third-party relationships.
Description
Join our fast-growing tech start-up that’s recently expanded into multiple new markets and earned recognition as one of the UK’s most exciting technology businesses. With a proactive, fail-fast culture, we encourage innovation and prioritize ownership. Our team thrives on pace, collaboration, and continuous improvement, and we’re currently scaling rapidly with a major hiring push across the business. What you’ll get in return: - Salary: £65,000 - £75,000 depending on experience - Company equity - own a piece of the business - 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays - An extra day off for your birthday - Employee Assistance Programme - Access to Perks at Work benefit platform - Clear opportunities for career development and progression If you’re interested in this role, please apply now to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV. If this job isn’t quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, feel free to reach out for a confidential discussion about your career.
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