Database Administrator

Roles and Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver infrastructure initiatives, including platform evergreening, upgrades, standardisation, estate hygiene, and decommissioning.
• Build and manage database environments, supporting the strategic shift towards reduced physical server deployments and optimised cost.
• Assess and deploy security patches and critical updates, ensuring compliance with internal controls and risk requirements.
• Evaluate new database technologies and features, produce proof-of-concepts, and support safe adoption across the estate, including cloud database services where applicable.
• Provide internal consultancy to project teams on database design, resilience, performance, backup and recovery, and operational readiness.
• Produce clear and accurate documentation for internal publication, including standards, procedures, implementation guides, and runbooks.
• Report progress and risks to management with concise updates on delivery status, issues, dependencies, and remediation plans.
• Support change and incident activities, including troubleshooting and root-cause analysis, and take part in an on-call rota.

Skills and Experience Required

• Strong hands-on experience with at least one enterprise RDBMS, such as Oracle (RMAN, Data Guard, RAC, Exadata), DB2, PostgreSQL, or SQL Server.
• Ability to learn and adopt new database technologies quickly.
• Experience with shell scripting and automation, such as Bash, PowerShell, Python, or Ansible, depending on platform.
• Strong understanding of IT operations, including incident and change management and controlled production practices.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical topics clearly to varied audiences.
• Strong organisational skills; methodical, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities.
• Comfortable working under pressure and to tight deadlines, including out-of-hours support when required.