Lead DBA

Betfred
Middleton, United Kingdom
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Part-time / full-time
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
£ 95K

Job location

Middleton, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Azure
Cloud Computing
Cluster Analysis
Databases
Continuous Integration
Data Integrity
Shard (Database Architecture)
DevOps
Disaster Recovery
Fault Tolerance
Linux System Administration
MariaDB
MongoDB
MySQL
Ansible
Scripting (Bash/Python/Go/Ruby)
System Availability
Database Performance
Indexer
Terraform

Job description

engineering teams to define standards, guide technical decisions and mentor the DBA team. This role is both strategic and hands-on delivering business-critical database services.Job DutiesLead the design and maintenance of highly available, fault-tolerant database infrastructure.Plan for growth and scalability aligned with business and platform needs.Evaluate and integrate emerging database technologies to improve performance and efficiency.Ensure compliance with security, governance and regulatory requirements.Manage resource utilisation across storage, compute, memory and networking.Implement and validate replication, clustering and disaster recovery strategies.Apply patches, upgrades and security hardening.Monitor database health, capacity and performance proactively.Collaborate with developers to optimise schema design, indexing and queries.Support deployments, migrations and application-aligned changes.Maintain data integrity and resilience across all workloads.Troubleshoot complex, Job Description The Opportunity As a business - they monitor, preserve and analyse their clients sensitive data to ensure that important documents are securely stored that are not needed for the businesses day to day operations so realistically you would be working on the...

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Requirements

database and application-facing issues.Build and maintain CI/CD and automation pipelines.Automate routine operations including backups, restores and patching.Identify and remediate platform risks and points of failure.Partner with DevOps, SRE and platform teams on operational maturity.Define and enforce operational standards and best practices.Mentor Senior and Junior DBAs.Drive continuous improvement across database operations and toolingKnowledge, Skills and Experience EssentialStrong experience across relational and non-relational platforms (MariaDB, MySQL, MongoDB, etc.).Deep expertise in HA, replication, clustering and DR.Strong Linux administration and advanced scripting skills.Proven ability to solve complex performance issues.Strong understanding of security, compliance and governance.Experience leading teams and defining standards.Hands-on experience with CI/CD, automation and IaC (Ansible, Terraform).DesirablesExperience with cloud or hybrid database platforms.Familiarity with

Benefits & conditions

modern observability tooling.Knowledge of sharding, partitioning and scale-out strategies.Experience supporting application performance and database integration.What's in it for you? We offer a variety of competitive benefits, some of which vary depending on the role you're recruited to. Some of what you can expect in this role includes:A competitive rate of pay and pension contribution (£80,000 - £95,000)Generous discretionary bonus schemes, incentives and competitionsAn annual leave entitlement that increases with length of serviceAccess to an online GP 24/7, 365 days a year for you and your immediate family.Employee wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance ProgrammeEnhanced Maternity & Paternity PayLong Service RecognitionAccess to a pay day savings scheme, financial coach and up to 40% of your earned wage ahead of payday, through Wagestream.For More information, visit https://betfredcareers.com/why-join/#J-18808-Ljbffr Similar jobs

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