Database Administrator (DBA)
Posted 1 day ago by Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Negotiable
Inside
Hybrid
Swindon, Wiltshire
Summary: The role of Database Administrator (DBA) involves supporting a critical platform in a high-performing environment, with a focus on PostgreSQL. This hybrid position requires the candidate to work two days a month in the Swindon office, emphasizing database optimization, stability, and performance. The DBA will be responsible for ensuring the database environment operates efficiently and reliably. Strong experience in performance tuning and troubleshooting is essential for success in this role.
Key Responsibilities:
- Optimise and tune PostgreSQL databases to improve performance and reliability
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex database issues and query bottlenecks
- Monitor database health, performance, and availability
- Ensure platform stability through proactive maintenance and improvements
- Analyse and optimise SQL queries, indexing strategies, and execution plans
- Support incident resolution and provide root cause analysis
- Implement best practices across database operations and maintenance
- Work closely with engineering and infrastructure teams to improve overall system performance
Key Skills:
- Strong experience as a PostgreSQL DBA/Database Administrator
- Proven track record of performance tuning and optimisation in live environments
- Deep understanding of query optimisation, indexing, and execution plans
- Experience troubleshooting production database issues under pressure
- Strong operational background supporting mission-critical systems
- Knowledge of backup, recovery, and high availability strategies
Salary (Rate): £620 Daily
City: Swindon
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Database Administrator Inside IR35 £550 - £620 Swindon Hybrid PostgreSQLWe're looking for an experienced Database Administrator (DBA) to support a critical platform within a high-performing environment, who is a expert in PostgreSQL. This role is a hybrid role based off 2 working days a month in the Swindon office. This role is focused on optimisation, stability, and performance-working hands-on to ensure the database environment is running efficiently, reliably, and at scale.
Key Responsibilities- Optimise and tune PostgreSQL databases to improve performance and reliability
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex database issues and query bottlenecks
- Monitor database health, performance, and availability
- Ensure platform stability through proactive maintenance and improvements
- Analyse and optimise SQL queries, indexing strategies, and execution plans
- Support incident resolution and provide root cause analysis
- Implement best practices across database operations and maintenance
- Work closely with engineering and infrastructure teams to improve overall system performance
- Strong experience as a PostgreSQL DBA/Database Administrator
- Proven track record of performance tuning and optimisation in live environments
- Deep understanding of query optimisation, indexing, and execution plans
- Experience troubleshooting production database issues under pressure
- Strong operational background supporting mission-critical systems
- Knowledge of backup, recovery, and high availability strategies
- Experience in high transaction environments (eg financial services, payments, fintech)
- Exposure to cloud-based PostgreSQL (AWS RDS, Aurora, Azure, GCP)
- Experience with Dynatrace
If this is a role that suits your skillset, you are available immediatley and can work 2 days per month in the Swindon office then please apply for the job advert directly or send your CV to .Database Administrator Inside IR35 £550 - £620 Swindon Hybrid PostgreSQL
