PostgreSQL DBA

POSTGRESQL / ORACLE DBA - SC CLEARED

NEW PERMANENT OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE FOR A POSTGRESQL / ORACLE DBA IN NORTHWOOD, LONDON
Salary: £55,000 - £60,000 + benefits

Location: Northwood, London

Working Pattern: Hybrid - minimum 2 days per week in the office

Clearance: SC Clearance preferred

Type: Permanent

To apply: Send your CV to

I'm currently working with a leading technology organisation who are looking for an experienced Database Administrator to join their team.
This is a great opportunity for either a PostgreSQL DBA with strong Oracle experience , or an Oracle DBA with recent and meaningful PostgreSQL DBA experience .
You will need strong hands-on experience across both technologies, with the ability to confidently talk through your experience during a technical interview.

THE ROLE

You'll take ownership of the application database environment across multiple cloud and on-premise environments, working closely with developers, data pipeline engineers, data scientists and infrastructure teams.
Key responsibilities include:
Managing PostgreSQL database clusters across multiple environments

Monitoring, tuning and optimising PostgreSQL database performance

Hands-on administration and maintenance of Oracle 19c or 21c

Managing data migrations between database instances, including offline environments

Owning data models and the lifecycle of data within the database

Designing, creating and managing schemas, tables and views

Performance optimisation including index tuning, execution plan analysis, query optimisation and partitioning

Managing database clusters and failover strategies

Defining and implementing backup and recovery strategies

Managing database security, roles, permissions and RLS controls

Working with infrastructure teams on database installation and patching

Working with data pipeline engineers and data scientists to ingest a wide range of data sources

Applying best practices for storing JSON objects within PostgreSQL

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

Strong hands-on DBA experience across PostgreSQL and Oracle

Recent and meaningful PostgreSQL DBA experience - this must go beyond basic exposure, installation or support-level knowledge

Strong hands-on experience with Oracle 19c or 21c

Experience with PostgreSQL performance optimisation, including index tuning, execution plan analysis, query optimisation, sharding and partitioning

Experience managing database clusters and failover

Strong data modelling experience

Experience working closely with development and infrastructure teams

Experience with PostgreSQL extensions such as pgvector, PostGIS or AGE would be beneficial

Additional MSSQL experience would be useful

Single British Nationality

SC clearance as a minimum, with DV targeted

Ability to meet the required UK residency criteria for security clearance

Please ensure your CV clearly outlines your hands-on responsibilities and experience with Oracle 19c/21c and PostgreSQL , as candidates will need to demonstrate their experience across both technologies during the technical interview.

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