Manchester Hybrid PostgreSQL DBA — HA, Backups & Tuning

eTeam Workforce Limited; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

eTeam Workforce Limited is seeking a PostgreSQL DBA for a Manchester-based hybrid contract role. You will perform maintenance, optimization, and monitoring, ensuring stability and performance across PostgreSQL and MongoDB databases, with work across Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud DBaaS.

The 6-month contract is on PAYE through Umbrella at £402 per day, with two days on site per week in Manchester. You will contribute to disaster recovery, backup testing, security controls, and incident

Qualifications

• Proficient PostgreSQL DBA with strong experience in database maintenance, performance tuning, and disaster recovery.
• Hands-on experience with MongoDB and cloud-based DBaaS platforms.
• Familiarity with Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and scripting for automation.

Responsibilities

• Maintenance & optimization of PostgreSQL and MongoDB databases.
• Observability, monitoring, reporting on health and capacity.
• Disaster recovery planning and validation to ensure continuity.

Skills

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Cloud databases

Python

Tools

Terraform IaC

GitLab CI/CD

GitHub Actions

Cloud DBaaS (IBM Cloud AWS Azure GCP)

Datadog

Grafana

Prometheus

Splunk

ELK

Job description

eTeam Workforce Limited is seeking a PostgreSQL DBA for a Manchester-based hybrid contract role. You will perform maintenance, optimization, and monitoring, ensuring stability and performance across PostgreSQL and MongoDB databases, with work across Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud DBaaS.

The 6-month contract is on PAYE through Umbrella at £402 per day, with two days on site per week in Manchester. You will contribute to disaster recovery, backup testing, security controls, and incident