Cloud PostgreSQL DBA — Performance, DR & Security

Confidential; Metropolitan Borough of Solihull; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Pension scheme

Life insurance

Private medical insurance

25 days holiday per year

Discounts on dining, cinema, days out

Job summary

BNP Paribas Personal Finance is seeking a DBA Administrator in Solihull to provide comprehensive support for build, maintenance, monitoring and improvement of PostgreSQL Server solutions. You will join a small team expanding due to business growth and play a key role in ensuring performance, security and continuity.

The role involves moving from on-premise SQL Server to PostgreSQL in a cloud environment, implementing best practices, and collaborating with IT to ensure resilience and disaster

Qualifications

• Knowledge of relational database design fundamentals
• Knowledge of database components and capabilities
• Understanding of Continuity Mgmt including backups, Incident Mgmt, Problem Mgmt, Change Mgmt and Capacity Mgmt
• Knowledge of HA and DR
• Knowledge of database best practices
• A breadth of experience in Production database installation, support and administration
• Experience with PostgreSQL 15
• Service driven and adept at finding viable solutions to issues

Responsibilities

• Support and maintain the PostgreSQL estate in a cloud environment
• Take a proactive role in projects, providing PostgreSQL expertise to implement solutions that meet company/industry standards and best practices
• Support the business during its move from an on-premise SQL Server environment to PostgreSQL in cloud
• Ensure optimal database performance through proactive monitoring, analysis, tuning and optimisation
• Maintain database security in line with legislation and internal policies
• Work with the IT Team to establish robust Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery plans
• Participate in the annual Disaster Recovery test

Skills

Relational DB design

Database components

Continuity Mgmt backups

HA and DR

DB best practices

Production DB install & admin

PostgreSQL 15

Service-oriented problem solving

Job description

BNP Paribas Personal Finance is seeking a DBA Administrator in Solihull to provide comprehensive support for build, maintenance, monitoring and improvement of PostgreSQL Server solutions. You will join a small team expanding due to business growth and play a key role in ensuring performance, security and continuity.

The role involves moving from on-premise SQL Server to PostgreSQL in a cloud environment, implementing best practices, and collaborating with IT to ensure resilience and disaster