Database Platform Engineer: PostgreSQL, MongoDB & More

Randstad NV; Burgess Hill; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad NV is seeking a skilled Database Engineer to join a large-scale data and technology transformation project in the Burgess Hill/London area. This hybrid role focuses on provisioning, configuring, and administering enterprise databases across relational and NoSQL ecosystems.

The role emphasizes platform modernization, automation, and CI/CD driven release management, enabling focus on core engineering and reliability. Strong SQL and NoSQL experience is essential.

Qualifications

• Proven database engineering and administration experience in large-scale, highly regulated enterprise environments (financial services or banking).
• Strong production experience with relational databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL platforms (MongoDB, Cassandra, Couchbase).
• Familiarity with cloud-equivalent database implementations and modern database technologies.
• Automation-first mindset with experience implementing automated release mechanisms.
• Proactive approach to learning and adopting new database platform capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Platform Engineering & Administration: engineer, configure, deploy, and administer relational and NoSQL databases including cloud equivalents.
• Lifecycle & Environment Management: build and maintain environments across development, test, staging, and production lifecycles.
• Automation & CI/CD: develop IaC and automated processes for provisioning, deployment, and release management via CI/CD pipelines.
• Performance & Optimization: monitor health and resolve bottlenecks across indexing, execution plans, and replication.
• High Availability & Resilience: configure and test clustering, replication, and disaster recovery for business continuity.
• Security & Governance: manage access control, encryption, and regulatory compliance.
• Architecture & Collaboration: align deployments with data models and enterprise standards.
• Operations & Support: participate in troubleshooting, incident management, and capacity planning.
• Standards & Documentation: author runbooks and reusable engineering patterns for the database estate.

Skills

PostgreSQL Administration

MySQL DBA

Cassandra DBA

Mongo DBA

Couchbase DBA

Job description

Randstad NV is seeking a skilled Database Engineer to join a large-scale data and technology transformation project in the Burgess Hill/London area. This hybrid role focuses on provisioning, configuring, and administering enterprise databases across relational and NoSQL ecosystems.

The role emphasizes platform modernization, automation, and CI/CD driven release management, enabling focus on core engineering and reliability. Strong SQL and NoSQL experience is essential.