Database Administrator

Luxoft; City Of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology services company is looking for an experienced Database Administrator (DBA) to manage and optimize database environments. The ideal candidate should have over 4 years of experience with Oracle databases and hands-on expertise in AWS RDS. Responsibilities include ensuring database availability, supporting DBaaS models, and collaborating with infrastructure teams on Terraform deployments. This role is crucial for maintaining high performance and security standards.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience as a Database Administrator.
• Deep knowledge of Oracle DB administration and tuning.
• Hands-on experience with AWS RDS.

Responsibilities

• Administer, monitor, and maintain Oracle databases across environments.
• Manage and optimize AWS RDS instances.
• Ensure high availability, security, and compliance of databases.
• Collaborate on Terraform-based deployments.

Skills

Oracle database administration

AWS RDS management

Terraform

Database security

Performance optimization

Troubleshooting

Job description

Overview

Project description

We are seeking a skilled Database Administrator (DBA) to join our team and play a key role in managing, optimizing, and securing our database environments. You should have a strong hands-on expertise with Oracle databases, experience managing AWS RDS environments, and a foundational understanding of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) concepts using Terraform. This role will be central to ensuring database availability, scalability, and performance, while supporting our adoption of Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) models.

Responsibilities

• Administer, monitor, and maintain Oracle databases across on-premise and cloud environments.
• Manage and optimize AWS RDS instances (performance tuning, patching, backup, scaling).
• Ensure high availability, security, and compliance of database platforms.
• Support the design and implementation of Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) solutions.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and DevOps teams on Terraform-based deployments.
• Implement and manage database backup/recovery strategies and disaster recovery plans.
• Monitor system health, performance metrics, and proactively resolve database issues.
• Assist in database design, schema management, and query optimization.
• Document database configurations, processes, and best practices.
• Provide production support and on-call assistance when required.

Skills

Must have

• Overall, 4+ years of experience as a Database Administrator.
• Proven experience as a Database Administrator with deep knowledge of Oracle DB administration and tuning.
• Hands-on experience with AWS RDS (Oracle, PostgreSQL, or MySQL preferred).
• Familiarity with Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code concepts (preferred, not mandatory).
• Strong understanding of database security, backup/recovery, and disaster recovery planning.
• Experience with monitoring and performance optimization tools.
• Excellent troubleshooting, problem-solving, and root-cause analysis skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities across technical and business teams.

Nice to have

• N/A