SilverRail
Database Administrator
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🚄 Database Administrator
📍 UK-based | Initial 3-Month Contract, Outside IR35
At SilverRail, we're transforming how the world travels. Rail is becoming the preferred low-carbon option for short and medium-haul journeys, and our technology powers seamless booking experiences for travellers and travel businesses worldwide, with teams in London, Boston, Brisbane, and Stockholm.
✨ The Role
We need an experienced MySQL Database Administrator to join on an initial three-month contract (outside IR35), owning the database infrastructure behind our rail distribution platforms. These systems handle high-volume booking and ticketing transactions globally, so reliability and data integrity are critical. You'll work closely with engineering, infrastructure and platform teams. Ideal for a contractor who ramps up fast, with experience in high-transaction, high-availability systems.
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🔧 What You'll Do
- Design and maintain MySQL schemas for scalable, high-performance applications
- Own administration of production databases, including monitoring and capacity planning
- Plan schema changes and migrations with minimal disruption
- Optimise queries, indexes, and schema design to reduce latency
- Maintain read/write splitting across primary and replica databases
- Manage AWS RDS - provisioning, patching, backups, and scaling
- Support disaster recovery planning and incident response
- Document standards and runbooks for the team
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🎯 What You'll Bring
- 5+ years as a MySQL DBA, or a role with substantial MySQL responsibility
- Strong track record in schema design, indexing, query tuning, and performance monitoring
- Hands-on experience with AWS RDS and production read/write splitting
- Desirable: Aurora, CloudWatch, or Terraform; travel, e-commerce, or financial services background
🌱 Why Join Us?
A mission-driven company making travel more sustainable, live infrastructure at scale, a data-driven team, and working flexibility.
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