IT Database Engineer

Levy Global; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Levy Global is seeking an experienced IT Database Engineer to join our growing infrastructure team in a fast-paced, technology-driven environment. You will be responsible for supporting, administering and securing production databases to ensure high availability, performance and resilience across the database estate.

In this role, you will work closely with technical teams and business stakeholders to deliver robust database solutions, contribute to upgrades and maintenance, and drive automation

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience as a Production Database Administrator or Database Engineer.
• Strong experience with at least two of the listed databases (e.g., Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle).
• Experience with database monitoring, backup & recovery, performance tuning and disaster recovery.
• Strong understanding of database security, permissions and access management.
• Experience writing SQL (T-SQL, PL/SQL or similar).
• Familiarity with Linux/Unix environments.

Responsibilities

• Administering and supporting production database environments.
• Managing database security, backups, recovery and performance tuning.
• Support high availability and disaster recovery solutions.
• Collaborate with technical teams and stakeholders to deliver robust database solutions.
• Contribute to database upgrades, maintenance, monitoring and capacity planning.
• Assist with automation and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Database administration

SQL (T-SQL/PL-SQL)

Linux/Unix

Database security

Tools

Microsoft SQL Server

Oracle

ClickHouse

Snowflake

PowerShell

Python

Ansible

Azure

AWS

Job description

Seeking an experienced IT Database Engineer to join our client's growing infrastructure team.

This is an excellent opportunity to work in a fast-paced, technology-driven environment where you'll be responsible for supporting, administering and securing critical production databases. You'll play a key role in ensuring high availability, performance and resilience across the database estate while contributing to ongoing infrastructure and database projects.

What you'll be doing

• Administering and supporting production database environments


• Managing database security, backups, recovery and performance tuning


• Supporting high availability and disaster recovery solutions


• Working closely with technical teams and business stakeholders to deliver robust database solutions


• Contributing to database upgrades, maintenance, monitoring and capacity planning


• Assisting with automation and continuous improvement initiatives

Must haves:

• 5+ years' experience as a Production Database Administrator or Database Engineer.


• Strong experience with at least two of the following:


• Microsoft SQL Server


• Oracle


• Experience with database monitoring, backup & recovery, performance tuning and disaster recovery.


• Strong understanding of database security, permissions and access management.


• Experience writing SQL (T-SQL, PL/SQL or similar)


• Familiarity with Linux/Unix environments.

Nice to have:

• Administering ClickHouse and Snowflake.


• PowerShell, Shell scripting or Python.


• Ansible or other automation tools.


• Cloud database administration (Azure, AWS or GCP).


• Experience within financial services, asset management or another highly regulated environment.