Senior Database Administrator

ByteHire; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive leave

Hybrid work

Technical training

Pension & life cover

Cycle to work

Team socials

Job summary

ByteHire is seeking an experienced Database Administrator for a remote-first role with occasional Edinburgh office presence (1 day per month). You will oversee production MySQL/MariaDB environments, ensure security, high availability, and disaster recovery, and drive performance improvements across a SaaS platform.

You'll collaborate with development and infrastructure teams in an Agile environment, plan upgrades, implement backups, and optimise queries.

Qualifications

• Experience administering MySQL or MariaDB production environments.
• Schema design and relational data modelling.
• SQL optimisation, query analysis and indexing.
• High availability, replication, and disaster recovery planning.
• Performance monitoring and observability experience.
• Experience with AWS or other cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain production database platforms across multiple environments.
• Ensure databases remain secure, resilient, and highly available.
• Plan and execute upgrades, maintenance activities, and backup strategies.
• Monitor system health and resolve performance issues before users are affected.
• Optimise SQL queries and indexing strategies to improve responsiveness.
• Work with developers to review database changes throughout the software lifecycle.
• Support capacity planning and propose improvements to database architecture.
• Produce technical documentation and contribute to operational standards.
• Participate in incident investigation and root cause analysis.
• Work in Agile software delivery teams.

Skills

MySQL/MariaDB

Data modelling

SQL optimisation

High availability

Performance monitoring

SaaS support

Database security

AWS

Data warehousing

replication/partitioning

NoSQL/Graph/Time-series

PHP backend

Job description

Permanent Salary: up to £70,000 per annum

Location: Remote (1 day per month in the Edinburgh office)

About The Client:

Our client is a growing SaaS organisation delivering software solutions that support operational efficiency across logistics and field-based services. Their platform is widely used to manage complex, real-time processes, helping businesses improve performance and visibility across their operations.

They offer a collaborative and supportive environment, with a strong focus on continuous improvement, engineering quality, and team development.

About The Role:

Our client is seeking an experienced Database Administrator to oversee the performance, stability, and ongoing development of a business-critical database environment. This position combines operational database management with strategic improvements, giving the successful candidate the opportunity to influence data architecture, platform scalability, and engineering best practices while working alongside development and infrastructure teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain production database platforms across multiple environments.
• Ensure databases remain secure, resilient, and highly available.
• Plan and execute upgrades, maintenance activities, and backup strategies.
• Monitor system health and resolve performance issues before they impact users.
• Optimise SQL queries and indexing strategies to improve application responsiveness.
• Work with developers to review database changes throughout the software lifecycle.
• Support capacity planning and recommend improvements to future database architecture.
• Produce technical documentation and contribute to operational standards.
• Participate in incident investigation and root cause analysis.
• Working in Agile software delivery teams

Essential Experience & Technical Skills

• Administration of MySQL or MariaDB production environments
• Schema design and relational data modelling
• SQL optimisation, query analysis, and indexing
• High availability, replication, and disaster recovery planning
• Performance monitoring and observability experience
• Supporting business-critical SaaS applications
• Database security, permissions, and encryption
• Experience with AWS or other cloud platforms.
• Data warehousing or analytical databases.
• Experience with database scaling techniques such as replication, partitioning, sharding, caching, or proxying.
• Exposure to NoSQL, graph, or time-series databases.
• Experience supporting SaaS or cloud-native platforms.
• Exposure to backend development technologies such as PHP
• Competitive annual leave allowance with the opportunity to purchase additional holiday.
• Hybrid working model offering flexibility between home and office.
• Ongoing investment in technical training and certifications.
• Choice of modern hardware and development environment.
• Supportive wellbeing package including healthcare services and employee assistance.
• Company pension and life assurance.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Regular company socials and collaborative team events.