Senior Database Engineer – PostgreSQL & NoSQL (Hybrid)

Randstad Technologies Recruitment; Burgess Hill; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work (3 days in-office)

Job summary

Randstad Technologies Recruitment in the United Kingdom is seeking a Database Engineer to join a large-scale data and technology transformation in financial services. This hands-on role focuses on provisioning, configuring, deploying, administering, and supporting enterprise database platforms across relational and NoSQL environments.

You will collaborate with Application Teams and Data Architects to drive automation, CI/CD, and platform modernization, while production patching and backups are

Qualifications

• Proven database engineering and administration experience in large-scale, highly regulated enterprise environments (financial services).
• Strong production experience with relational databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL platforms (MongoDB, Cassandra, Couchbase).
• Familiarity with cloud-equivalent database implementations and modern database technologies.
• Automation-first mindset with experience implementing automated release mechanisms (IaC/CI/CD).

Responsibilities

• Platform Engineering & Administration: Engineer, configure, deploy, and administer relational and NoSQL databases across on‑premises and cloud equivalents.
• Lifecycle & Environment Management: Build and maintain environments across development, test, staging, and production lifecycles.
• Automation & CI/CD: Develop IaC and automated processes for provisioning, configuration, and release management to reduce drift.
• Performance & Optimization: Monitor health and optimize execution plans, indexing, queries, and connections.
• High Availability & Resilience: Configure and test clustering, replication, and disaster recovery processes.
• Security & Governance: Manage access control, encryption, vulnerability remediation, and compliance.
• Architecture & Collaboration: Align deployments with data models and enterprise standards.

Skills

PostgreSQL Administration

MySQL DBA

Cassandra DBA

Mongo DBA

Couchbase DBA

Job description

Randstad Technologies Recruitment in the United Kingdom is seeking a Database Engineer to join a large-scale data and technology transformation in financial services. This hands-on role focuses on provisioning, configuring, deploying, administering, and supporting enterprise database platforms across relational and NoSQL environments.

You will collaborate with Application Teams and Data Architects to drive automation, CI/CD, and platform modernization, while production patching and backups are