Senior Database Engineer

Uniting Ambition; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote/hybrid work

Career development

Cloud & DevOps exposure

Job summary

Uniting Ambition is seeking a hands-on PostgreSQL Database Administrator to own the PostgreSQL estate as part of a major platform modernisation. The role blends support, project work and architectural input across a growing database platform with some Oracle work in a mixed estate.

You’ll improve replication, HA, backups and DR while contributing to architecture, standards and best practices. UK-based with remote/hybrid setup and occasional travel to client sites.

Qualifications

• Strong PostgreSQL administration experience in production environments.
• Experience with replication, high availability and disaster recovery.
• Excellent performance tuning and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience maintaining business-critical database platforms and security.

Responsibilities

• Administration, monitoring and optimisation of PostgreSQL databases.
• Support upgrades, migrations and lifecycle management.
• Contribute to architecture decisions and standards.
• Provide day-to-day support for Oracle environments where required.
• Collaborate with development, infra and devops teams.

Skills

PostgreSQL administration

Replication & High Availability

Performance tuning

Backup & Disaster recovery

Architecture & standards

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Jira

Confluence

Bitbucket

Job description

Location: UK-based | Remote / Hybrid | Occasional travel to East Midlands and customer sites

Build and Shape a Growing PostgreSQL Estate

We're working with a technology business that develops warehouse management and automation software for customers across the logistics sector.

As part of a major platform modernisation programme, the organisation is continuing its move towards a PostgreSQL-first architecture. While a number of Oracle databases remain within the estate, PostgreSQL is the strategic platform for future development and new deployments.

They're looking for a hands-on PostgreSQL Database Administrator to take ownership of the PostgreSQL environment, support ongoing modernisation projects, and help influence the future direction of the database platform.

This isn't a role where you'll simply be maintaining existing systems. Alongside support and optimisation work, you'll be involved in upgrades, migrations, architecture improvements and database standards across a growing estate.

What You'll Be Doing

• Supporting and optimising existing PostgreSQL environments
• Delivering project and modernisation work across the wider database platform

Key responsibilities include:

• Administration, monitoring and optimisation of PostgreSQL databases
• Performance tuning, troubleshooting and root cause analysis
• Managing replication, high availability, backup and disaster recovery solutions
• Supporting database upgrades, patching and lifecycle management
• Contributing to PostgreSQL architecture, standards and best practices
• Providing day-to-day support for existing Oracle databases where required
• Maintaining database security, compliance and access controls
• Working closely with development, infrastructure and systems teams
• Supporting automation, monitoring and continuous improvement initiatives

What We're Looking For

We're keen to speak with DBAs whose strongest experience is within PostgreSQL.

You'll ideally have:

• Strong PostgreSQL administration experience within production environments
• Experience with PostgreSQL replication, high availability and disaster recovery
• Excellent performance tuning and troubleshooting skills
• Experience supporting business-critical database platforms
• Strong understanding of backup and recovery strategies
• The confidence to make recommendations and contribute to architecture decisions

Oracle Experience

You do not need to be an Oracle specialist.

However, we're looking for someone who has enough Oracle experience to:

• Support and maintain existing Oracle environments
• Investigate issues when required
• Work within a mixed Oracle/PostgreSQL estate
• Support ongoing migration and modernisation activities
• Oracle to PostgreSQL migration projects
• AWS and/or Azure database platforms
• Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or Ansible
• CI/CD, automation and DevOps practices
• Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket or similar tools
• Oracle APEX exposure

What's On Offer?

• Opportunity to take ownership of a growing PostgreSQL platform
• Genuine mix of support, project and architecture work
• Involvement in an ongoing database modernisation programme
• Exposure to cloud, automation and DevOps technologies
• Flexible remote and hybrid working
• Opportunity to influence technical direction and standards
• Collaborative environment with long-term career development opportunities

Interested?

If you're a PostgreSQL DBA who enjoys combining operational support with platform improvement, architecture and migration work, we'd love to hear from you.