DBA | SaaS Platform Supporting NHS | £50k to £75k + Bonus | Hybrid

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

Job summary

A healthcare technology platform based in Wokingham is seeking an experienced DBA to manage large-scale databases crucial for NHS services. The role involves ensuring system reliability and optimizing performance while working in a collaborative team. Applicants should have strong MySQL tuning skills and familiarity with monitoring tools. This role offers a hybrid working environment and a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance and flexible working hours.

Benefits

Bonus

25 days of annual holiday

Vitality Healthcare – private health insurance

Aviva Life Insurance – 3x your annual salary

Pension scheme with 4% employer contribution

Town-centre offices in Wokingham

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

• Ensure uptime and optimize performance across large-scale databases.
• Manage backups, restores, and disaster recovery testing.
• Conduct data migrations and custom table loads.

Skills

MySQL tuning

Managing large, sharded databases

Linux environment skills

Monitoring and alerting setups

Familiarity with Vitess

Tools

MySQL

Kubernetes

Helm

Terraform

ArgoCD

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

Overview

DBA – SaaS Platform Supporting

Location: Wokingham - Hybrid (2 days a week onsite 3 from home) parking onsite

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 offering to the NHS, and they’re looking for an experienced DBA to 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-on DBA role where your work directly impacts NHS services—so uptime, optimisation, and smart architecture are key.

What You’ll Be Working With

• MySQL, Vitess, and Linux in production (Dont worry if you haven't worked with Vitess)
• Monitoring tools like Prometheus and Grafana
• 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 a DBA managing 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 scheme with 4% employer contribution
• Town-centre offices in Wokingham
• Regular social events to connect and unwind
• Flexible working hours to suit your lifestyle

If you're a DBA who 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.