Senior DBA

Senior Database Administrator - £100,000 - Hybrid

Overview:
We are seeking a skilled and experienced Senior Database Administrator (DBA) to join my client who are a financial services organisation. In this role, you will be responsible for the administration, optimisation, and maintenance of our critical databases, ensuring their security, high availability, and performance. You will work closely with development teams to support database-related needs and help design and implement fault-tolerant, high-load solutions.

Role Responsibilities:

• Administer, optimise, and maintain various relational and non-relational databases including PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, ClickHouse, MongoDB, etc.
• Design and develop fault-tolerant, high-load database solutions.
• Ensure the security and high availability of all databases by implementing robust backup, replication, and failover strategies.
• Manage and resolve database-related incidents, minimising downtime and ensuring quick recovery.
• Conduct regular performance tuning and optimisation to identify and resolve bottlenecks in database operations.
• Analyse database logs, monitor performance metrics, and diagnose locks, slow queries, and performance issues.

Essential Skills and Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in database administration with hands-on expertise in PostgreSQL.
• Strong knowledge of database configuration best practices, including replication, sharding, and clustering.
• Strong hands-on experience with running databases in cloud environments, preferably AWS.
• Proficient in SQL, with experience in automating routine database operations.
• Proven ability to implement robust disaster recovery, high-availability, and backup solutions for databases.

Desired Skills and Experience:

• Hands-on experience with MongoDB, Redis and ClickHouse.
• Good understanding of other distributed and NoSQL databases.
• Knowledge of virtualisation and containerisation concepts, including experience working with Kubernetes.
• Experience with Change Data Capturing (CDC) techniques.
• Experience working in high-load, large-scale environments requiring fault tolerance and high availability.

Package:

• Up to £100,000
• Great benefits
• Hybrid (3x week in London)