Onsite DBA Specialist: High-Availability & Automation Focus

Experis Austria; Leicester, Hursley; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Experis Austria is seeking a DBA Specialist for on-site work in Leicester or Hursley, five days per week, with a 6 months+ duration and on-call rota for P1/P2 incidents. The role covers design, maintenance, and optimisation of critical database systems in a highly secure production environment.

Key responsibilities include schema design, performance tuning, backups/restores, security controls, replication, and HA/DR solutions, with automation and cross-platform administration across Linux and

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Database Administrator (DBA) or DBA Specialist.
• Strong knowledge of database concepts, architecture, and best practices.
• Experience with Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL or MongoDB.
• Strong SQL skills.
• Experience in performance tuning and optimisation.
• Knowledge of security principles and controls.
• Experience with backups, replication, high availability, and DR.
• PowerShell scripting experience.
• Linux and Windows administration expertise.
• Ability to work under high-pressure production environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain database schemas, tables, indexes, and stored procedures.
• Monitor and optimise database performance across critical environments.
• Backups, restores, patching, and upgrades.
• Troubleshoot database issues and incidents.
• Implement and support database security and access controls.
• Manage replication, high availability, and DR solutions.
• Support scalability and resilience initiatives.
• Contribute to automation and operational improvements.

Skills

DBA experience

SQL

PowerShell

Linux admin

Windows admin

High availability

Performance tuning

Tools

Oracle

SQL Server

PostgreSQL

MySQL

MongoDB

Job description

Experis Austria is seeking a DBA Specialist for on-site work in Leicester or Hursley, five days per week, with a 6 months+ duration and on-call rota for P1/P2 incidents. The role covers design, maintenance, and optimisation of critical database systems in a highly secure production environment.

Key responsibilities include schema design, performance tuning, backups/restores, security controls, replication, and HA/DR solutions, with automation and cross-platform administration across Linux and