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Lead Database Administrator
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Lead DBA // Hybrid Manchester // Up to £95,000‼️
I'm working with a well-established, technology-driven business who are looking for a Lead Database Administrator.
This is an amazing opportunity to take ownership of a large-scale, business-critical database estate and play a key role in shaping its future.
If you're passionate about database technologies, thrive on solving complex technical challenges, and enjoy leading from the front, this role offers the chance to work on highly available systems where your expertise will have a real impact.
Hybrid working – 2 days per week onsite.
The Opportunity
You'll be responsible for the performance, availability, security and reliability of the organisation's database platforms that support a fast-paced, always-on business.
Working alongside Software Engineers, DevOps, SRE, Infrastructure and Architecture teams, you'll help drive automation, platform maturity and continuous improvement while influencing the technical direction of the wider engineering function.
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This is a role where you'll be trusted to make decisions, solve challenging problems and help build a modern, resilient database platform.
The Role
- Lead the design, optimisation and maintenance of highly available database platforms.
- Drive performance tuning, capacity planning and proactive monitoring across critical systems.
- Design and maintain replication, clustering and disaster recovery solutions.
- Champion automation, CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code to improve efficiency and reliability.
- Ensure database security, governance and best practice across the platform.
- Partner closely with DevOps, SRE and engineering teams to improve operational maturity.
- Mentor and support Senior and Junior DBAs while setting standards and best practices.
- Collaborate with developers to deliver scalable, high-performing database solutions.
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You'll have experience with:
- Relational and non-relational databases such as MariaDB, MySQL and MongoDB.
- High Availability, replication, clustering and Disaster Recovery technologies.
- Linux administration and advanced scripting.
- Performance tuning, troubleshooting and solving complex database issues.
- Security, compliance and governance within production environments.
- Automation and Infrastructure as Code tools such as Ansible and Terraform.
- CI/CD pipelines and modern engineering practices.
- Leading technical initiatives, mentoring others and driving engineering standards.
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