Database/Data Engineer
Summary
A senior Database Engineer joins a major financial services data transformation programme, engineering and deploying Oracle, PostgreSQL and NoSQL (Cassandra, MongoDB, Couchbase) solutions into production. Day to day focuses on automating provisioning and deployments, integrating databases into CI/CD, and tuning for performance, resilience and security.
Hybrid - 3 days onsite | Financial Services | Contract / Permanent We're looking for an experienced
Senior Database Engineer
to join a major financial services technology and data transformation programme. This is
not a traditional BAU DBA role . You'll work closely with application teams and Data Architects to design, engineer and deploy database solutions into production, with a strong focus on
automation, standardisation and modern engineering practices .
What You'll Be Doing
Engineer and deploy
Oracle, PostgreSQL and NoSQL
database solutions Work with
Cassandra, MongoDB and/or Couchbase Build and configure database environments across development through to production Automate database provisioning, configuration and deployments Integrate database changes into
CI/CD pipelines Support performance tuning, query optimisation and complex troubleshooting Engineer for
high availability, resilience, security and recovery Support database migrations, upgrades and modernisation initiatives Work closely with developers, architects and infrastructure teams
What We're Looking For
Strong hands-on
Oracle and PostgreSQL
experience Experience with at least one of
Cassandra, MongoDB or Couchbase Strong database engineering, performance tuning and troubleshooting skills Automation experience using
Terraform, Ansible, Python and/or Shell Experience with
Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD and Git Experience supporting highly available, business-critical systems Strong understanding of database security, resilience and operational risk Financial services, banking, capital markets or another regulated environment is highly desirable
The Person
You'll be a strong DBA who has evolved into a
modern Database Engineer
- technically hands-on, automation-focused and keen to replace repetitive manual processes with reliable, reusable engineering solutions.
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