Cloud DB Administrator – AWS Aurora/MySQL

Synergy Resourcing Solutions; Norwich; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Synergy Resourcing Solutions is assisting a well-known consumer brand in Norwich to appoint a hands-on Database Administrator. The role focuses on AWS Aurora MySQL in a modern cloud environment, with broader exposure to SaaS databases, data lakes and reporting systems.

You’ll be involved in day-to-day running, performance, and reliability of production and QA databases, working with DevOps, development, QA and data teams.

Qualifications

• Solid database fundamentals with practical MySQL experience.
• Experience with cloud-based database services is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage and support a high-volume MySQL environment; ensure stability and performance.
• Monitor health, backups, replication, and recovery processes; support Live and QA environments.
• Collaborate with DevOps, development, QA and data teams on changes and improvements.

Skills

MySQL

Performance tuning

Backups & recovery

Production experience

Monitoring

Tools

AWS

Aurora

RDS

Terraform

Ansible

Rundeck

Job description

Synergy Resourcing Solutions is assisting a well-known consumer brand in Norwich to appoint a hands-on Database Administrator. The role focuses on AWS Aurora MySQL in a modern cloud environment, with broader exposure to SaaS databases, data lakes and reporting systems.

You’ll be involved in day-to-day running, performance, and reliability of production and QA databases, working with DevOps, development, QA and data teams.