IT & Software

PostgreSQL DBA (Remote)

Henderson Scott

London · England · United Kingdom

Salary: £130,000 - 136,500 per year

Requirements

  • Active SC Clearance (mandatory)
  • Extensive commercial experience as a PostgreSQL DBA
  • Proven AWS cloud experience, specifically with Amazon Aurora (PostgreSQL-compatible) and Amazon RDS
  • Strong background in performance tuning, indexing strategies, and troubleshooting query bottlenecks
  • Experience in public sector or secure environments is highly advantageous

Responsibilities

  • Design, configure, and manage PostgreSQL, Amazon Aurora, and Amazon RDS instances
  • Tune database performance, troubleshoot slow queries, and conduct proactive monitoring
  • Execute schema updates, migrations, and engine upgrades safely in cloud environments
  • Support disaster recovery, backup protocols, and high-availability setups
  • Collaborate with software, engineering, DevOps, and infrastructure teams on database design best practices
  • Help ensure optimal performance, high availability, and adherence to government security standards

Technologies

  • AWS
  • Cloud
  • DevOps
  • Support
  • PostgreSQL
  • Security

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We have an urgent contract opportunity for an SC Cleared PostgreSQL Database Administrator to join a high-profile public sector project. The role is fully remote and falls inside IR35. You will manage, tune, and scale mission-critical database infrastructure in secure cloud environments.

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Reference: WJ-766_22563050

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