Senior Aurora MySQL DBA — Performance & Reliability Lead

Equals Money; England; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial technology company in the UK is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to manage performance and reliability of MySQL clusters. You will monitor health, optimize queries, and automate checks, with a focus on delivering high-quality database operations. The ideal candidate has solid MySQL experience, with a background in scripting and monitoring. This position provides opportunities for hybrid work along with numerous employee benefits including private healthcare and a generous holiday allowance.

Benefits

Competitive salary

25 days holiday + birthday off

Free onsite gym and pool

Bupa Private Healthcare

Complimentary refreshments

Qualifications

• Strong practical experience with MySQL / Aurora MySQL administration at production scale.
• Proven ability to profile and tune queries and indexes.
• Solid knowledge of backup & recovery strategies for Aurora.

Responsibilities

• Monitor cluster health and alerts, investigate anomalies.
• Diagnose and optimise slow queries and transactions.
• Ensure backups and recovery procedures are properly managed.

Skills

MySQL administration

Query profiling and tuning

Backup & recovery strategies

Monitoring and alerting

Scripting/automation

Tools

CloudWatch

Bash

Python

Job description

A financial technology company in the UK is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to manage performance and reliability of MySQL clusters. You will monitor health, optimize queries, and automate checks, with a focus on delivering high-quality database operations. The ideal candidate has solid MySQL experience, with a background in scripting and monitoring. This position provides opportunities for hybrid work along with numerous employee benefits including private healthcare and a generous holiday allowance.