Database Administrator

About the role

The Database Administrator will manage and optimise the organisation's enterprise database environments, primarily Microsoft SQL Server and Amazon Web Services (AWS) RDS, including PostgreSQL. This position ensures that database platforms are reliable, secure, and aligned with business needs.

Key responsibilities

• Administer, configure and optimise Microsoft SQL Server, AWS RDS and PostgreSQL instances supporting critical applications.
• Collaborate with cloud and infrastructure teams to integrate and maintain AWS database services.
• Maintain up‑to‑date documentation of database architecture, configurations and operational procedures.
• Monitor performance, conduct tuning, indexing and query optimisation, and plan capacity for future growth.
• Design and implement backup, restore and disaster‑recovery strategies, including testing and fail‑over readiness.
• Manage high‑availability solutions such as Always On availability groups and replication.
• Enforce database security standards, user access controls and compliance with data‑protection policies.
• Automate routine tasks and continuously improve database operations.

Required profile

• Proven experience administering Microsoft SQL Server and AWS RDS environments.
• Strong understanding of database performance tuning, backup/recovery and high‑availability concepts.
• Ability to work collaboratively with infrastructure, development and support teams.

Required skills

• Microsoft SQL Server
• AWS RDS
• PostgreSQL
• SQL query optimisation and indexing
• Database backup and recovery
• High‑availability technologies (Always On, replication)
• Performance monitoring and capacity planning
• Database security and access management