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# Database/Data Engineer

- **Company:** Salt Search Ltd.
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Databases, Continuous Integration, Couchbase Servers, Data Transformation, Relational Databases, Database Security, DevOps, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, MongoDB, NoSQL, Oracle (Applications), Performance Tuning, Query Optimization, Ansible, System Availability, Git, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Cassandra, Terraform
- **Published:** September 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.totaljobs.com/job/database-engineer/salt-job107972737

## About the Role

* Strong hands-on Oracle and PostgreSQL experience
 * Experience with at least one of Cassandra, MongoDB or Couchbase
 * Strong database engineering, performance tuning and troubleshooting skills
 * Automation experience using Terraform, Ansible, Python and/or Shell
 * Experience with Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD and Git
 * Experience supporting highly available, business-critical systems
 * Strong understanding of database security, resilience and operational risk
 * Financial services, banking, capital markets or another regulated environment is highly desirable

## Description

We're looking for an experienced Senior Database Engineer to join a major financial services technology and data transformation programme.

This is not a traditional BAU DBA role. You'll work closely with application teams and Data Architects to design, engineer and deploy database solutions into production, with a strong focus on automation, standardisation and

modern engineering practices.

What You'll Be Doing

 * Engineer and deploy Oracle, PostgreSQL and NoSQL database solutions
 * Work with Cassandra, MongoDB and/or Couchbase
 * Build and configure database environments across development through to production
 * Automate database provisioning, configuration and deployments
 * Integrate database changes into CI/CD pipelines
 * Support performance tuning, query optimisation and complex troubleshooting
 * Engineer for high availability, resilience, security and recovery
 * Support database migrations, upgrades and modernisation initiatives
 * Work closely with developers, architects and infrastructure teams


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