Database Administrator

JR United Kingdom; Southampton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A global FinTech company is seeking a Database Administrator for an initial 6-month contract based in Southampton. The ideal candidate will have hands-on expertise in managing PostgreSQL and Oracle databases, particularly in optimizing migration and ensuring data security. This role involves collaboration with developers and DevOps teams to ensure efficient data infrastructure and compliance with regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience as a PostgreSQL and Oracle DBA in production environments.
• Significant experience migrating database workloads to Postgres from Oracle.
• Deep understanding of PostgreSQL architecture.

Responsibilities

• Manage, configure and optimise PostgreSQL databases hosted on Amazon Aurora and Oracle databases.
• Support the migration of high-performance databases to AWS Aurora Postgres.
• Design and implement database schemas and ensure high availability.

Skills

PostgreSQL

Oracle

AWS

Database Security

Data Migration

Performance Tuning

Infrastructure Automation

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

CloudWatch

Datadog

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Database Administrator - to join a global FinTech on a 6-month contract with possible extension.

The role requires hands-on technical expertise and strong collaboration with developers, architects, and DevOps teams to ensure our data infrastructure aligns with business needs and industry standards.

Your Responsibilities

• Manage, configure and optimise PostgreSQL databases hosted on Amazon Aurora and Oracle databases hosted on on-premise Exadatas and AWS RDS.
• Support the migration of high-performance, mission-critical databases from on-premise Exadata's to AWS Aurora Postgres.
• Support workloads on other database engines in AWS, including MySQL, MariaDB and SQL Server. Implement and maintain strong security standards to ensure compliance with PCI DSS and other regulatory requirements.
• Implement security best practices, including user management, encryption and auditing.
• Design and implement database schemas, partitioning strategies and indexing solutions.
• Ensure high availability, disaster recovery and scalability of database systems.
• Configure strong monitoring and management processes and tooling to help troubleshoot and resolve complex database issues in Real Time.
• Hands-on experience as a PostgreSQL and Oracle DBA in production environments.
• Significant experience of migrating database workloads to Postgres from Oracle.
• Deep understanding of PostgreSQL architecture, including replication, clustering and indexing strategies, and a strong understanding of Postgres' vacuum/MVCC process.
• Proven experience with query optimization and database performance tuning.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services such as EC2, S3, VPC, and IAM.
• Solid understanding of database security principles and compliance frameworks
• Experience implementing robust backup and recovery strategies.
• Proficiency with infrastructure automation tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Familiarity with monitoring tools such as CloudWatch, Datadog, or similar.
• Experience of database replication tooling such as AWS DMS and Goldengate.
• Experience of collaborating with DevOps teams to integrate databases into CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) frameworks like Terraform.

Please APPLY NOW for immediate consideration!!!