Database Administrator

Salary: £70,000 - 80,000 per year

Requirements:

• Strong commercial experience administering production MariaDB or MySQL databases.
• Excellent understanding of database performance tuning, indexing and query optimisation.
• Experience designing and executing schema migration strategies.
• Knowledge of backup, recovery and disaster recovery best practices.
• Automation experience using SQL alongside Python or Bash scripting.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively across engineering and technical teams.
• Desirable: PostgreSQL administration.
• Desirable: Containerised environments using Docker.
• Desirable: Event-driven architectures or messaging technologies such as RabbitMQ.
• Desirable: Experience supporting distributed or multi-site database deployments.
• Desirable: Background working within regulated, security-conscious or mission-critical environments.
• Applicants must be eligible to obtain UK Security Clearance.

Responsibilities:

• Own the design, administration and ongoing optimisation of production MariaDB/MySQL databases.
• Develop and manage robust database schema migrations with safe deployment, validation and rollback processes.
• Monitor, analyse and optimise database performance in high-volume, write-intensive environments.
• Design and maintain backup, recovery and data retention strategies, regularly validating restore processes.
• Implement and maintain database security, permissions and audit controls.
• Create automation, monitoring and health-check tooling to improve operational efficiency and scalability.
• Collaborate with software developers to optimise queries, indexing strategies and data models.
• Support the wider engineering function by contributing to CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment processes.
• Provide guidance on database architecture and best practice across development teams.

Technologies:

• Bash
• CI/CD
• Docker
• Support
• MariaDB
• MySQL
• PostgreSQL
• Python
• RabbitMQ
• SQL
• Security

More:

We are a hybrid employer based in Reading offering a permanent Database Administrator role supporting a mission-critical technology solution. You will join an innovative and collaborative engineering team focused on reliability, performance and automation, working on technically challenging, large-scale software products. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, regular collaboration from our Reading office, and long-term career development within a growing technology business.

last updated 35 week of 2026