Database Administrator |SaaS Platform for NHS | £50k to £75k + Bonus | Fully Remote

Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd; Wokingham; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking an experienced DBA for a fully remote role. You will support a healthcare tech platform, ensuring performance and reliability of large-scale databases. Ideal candidates have strong MySQL tuning skills and familiarity with monitoring tools. The position includes competitive benefits and flexible working hours.

Benefits

Bonus

25 days of annual holiday

Vitality Healthcare

Aviva Life Insurance

Pension scheme

Regular social events

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a DBA managing large, sharded databases.
• Strong MySQL tuning and Linux environment skills.
• Familiarity with monitoring and alerting setups.

Responsibilities

• Manage performance, reliability, and security across large-scale databases.
• Handle backup, restore, and DR testing.
• Perform data migrations and custom table loads.

Skills

MySQL tuning

Linux environment

Monitoring setups

Vitess

Kubernetes

Terraform

ArgoCD

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

Overview

DBA — Location: UK - Fully remote
Benefits - £50,000 to £75,000 + Bonus, Life insurance, Health Insurance, Pension

If you're a DBA who thrives in high-availability environments and knows what it means to keep mission-critical systems running 24/7this one’s for you.

We’re supporting a healthcare tech platform rolling out a modern EPR system as a SaaS oSffering to the NHS, and they’re looking for an experiencedDBAto help scale and support this transformation.

You’ll join a collaborative team of developers, testers, and sysadmins, and take ownership of performance, reliability, and security across large-scale, sharded databases. This is a hands-onDBArole where your work directly impacts NHS services—so uptime, optimisation, and smart architecture are key.

What You’ll Be Working With:

• MySQL,Vitess, andLinuxin production (Dont worry if you haven't worked with Vitess)
• Monitoring tools likePrometheusandGrafana
• Shard allocation, replication tuning, disk performance
• Backup, restore, and DR testing
• Data migrations and custom table loads for NHS tenants
• Zero-downtime patching and performance baselining

What You’ll Bring:

• Proven experience as aDBAmanaging large, sharded databases
• Strong MySQL tuning and Linux environment skills
• Familiarity with monitoring and alerting setups
• Bonus if you’ve worked with Vitess, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, or ArgoCD

Benefits:

• Bonus
• 25 days of annual holiday
• Vitality Healthcare– private health insurance
• Aviva Life Insurance– 3x your annual salary
• Pension schemewith 4% employer contribution
• Town-centre offices in Wokingham
• Regular social eventsto connect and unwind
• Flexible working hoursto suit your lifestyle

If you're aDBAwho loves solving real-world problems, building resilient systems, and making a meaningful impact, this is your kind of role.

Apply now or reach out for a chat. Let’s talk.