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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Data Engineer - **Company:** Randstad UK - **Location:** London, UK - **Salary:** £60,000.0 - £70,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Big Data, Databases, System Configuration, Continuous Integration, Couchbase Servers, Relational Databases, Disaster Recovery, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, NoSQL, Oracle (Applications), Query Optimization, Release Management, Software Vulnerability Management, Cloud Platform System, System Availability, Indexer, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Cassandra - **Published:** September 23, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/data-engineer/57383766 ## About the Role * Proven database engineering and administration experience in large-scale, highly regulated enterprise environments (e.g., financial services or banking). * Strong production experience with relational databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL platforms (MongoDB, Cassandra, Couchbase). * Familiarity with cloud-equivalent database implementations and modern database technologies. * Automation-first mindset with experience implementing automated release mechanisms. * A proactive approach to learning and adopting new database platform capabilities. Mandatory Skills * PostgreSQL Administration * MySQL DBA * Cassandra DBA * Mongo DBA * Couchbase DBA ## Description We are seeking a skilled Database Engineer / Data Engineer / DBA to join a large-scale data and technology transformation programme within financial services. In this hands-on engineering role, you will be responsible for provisioning, configuring, deploying, administering, and supporting enterprise database platforms across both relational and distributed NoSQL ecosystems. You will collaborate closely with Application Teams and Data Architects to design and deploy new initiatives into production. This position focuses on driving deployment consistency, reliability, and infrastructure automation across the full database lifecycle. Production patching, routine backups, and basic operational support are managed by a separate team, allowing this role to concentrate on core engineering, repeatable patterns, and platform modernization., * Platform Engineering & Administration: Engineers, configures, deploys, and administers relational (Oracle, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Cassandra, Couchbase) database environments, including cloud equivalents. * Lifecycle & Environment Management: Builds and maintains database environments across development, test, staging, and production lifecycle stages. * Automation & CI/CD: Develops Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automated processes for database provisioning, configuration, DDL deployment, and release management via CI/CD pipelines to mitigate configuration drift. * Performance & Optimization: Monitors platform health and resolves performance bottlenecks, covering execution plans, indexing, query optimization, connection handling, locking/contention, storage capacity, and replication performance. * High Availability & Resilience: Configures, tests, and supports high availability, clustering, replication, and disaster recovery processes to ensure business continuity. * Security & Governance: Manages access control (users, roles, permissions), encryption, vulnerability remediation, and regulatory compliance standards. * Architecture & Collaboration: Partners with Application Developers and Data Architects to align database deployments with target data models and enterprise standards. * Operations & Support: Participates in complex troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, incident management, and capacity planning. * Standards & Documentation: Authors technical runbooks, operational standards, and reusable engineering patterns to simplify and standardize the database estate. ## Related Videos - [Database Magic behind 40 Million operations/s](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/748-database-magic-behind-40-million-operations-s) - [Leveraging Real time data in FSIs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/806-leveraging-real-time-data-in-fsis) - [Optimizing Discovery: PostgreSQL's Role in Transforming GetYourGuide's Search](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1647-optimizing-discovery-postgresql-s-role-in-transforming-getyourguide-s-search) - [MySQL Protocol Features You Should Be Aware Of](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100267-mysql-protocol-features-you-should-be-aware-of) - [Tomorrow's cloud data platforms - fully managed database-as-a-service (DBaaS)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/254-tomorrow-s-cloud-data-platforms-fully-managed-database-as-a-service-dbaas) - [NoSQL Data Modeling for Front-end Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/297-nosql-data-modeling-for-front-end-developers) ## Related Articles - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [Data Analyst Salary in the UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/278-data-analyst-salary-in-the-uk) - [Software Engineer Salary London](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/252-software-engineer-salary-london) - [Top Big Data Technologies That You Need to Know](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/108-top-big-data-technologies-that-you-need-to-know) - [Fullstack Developer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/251-fullstack-developer-salary-uk) - [Software Engineer Salary in The UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/231-software-engineer-salary-in-the-uk)