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Database Engineer (DBA)

Manchester💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-11 → 2026-09-26

Core

Run and improve a self-managed database platform on Google Cloud Platform, ensuring security, reliability, and performance for a global digital commerce ecosystem.

Role type

Senior Database Engineer (DBA)

Builds

High-availability PostgreSQL and SQL Server environments, disaster recovery solutions, and automated maintenance pipelines.

Domain

Digital Commerce / Cloud Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | infrastructure

Required skills

PostgreSQL administration, Microsoft SQL Server administration, complex SQL query optimization, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) infrastructure management, high availability and disaster recovery design, backup and recovery strategies, GitHub and CI/CD integration, Python/PowerShell/Bash scripting, monitoring and alerting tooling.

Preferred skills

Database migration experience, NoSQL/document-store experience (Couchbase), distributed SQL platforms (CockroachDB), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Ansible), Database CI/CD tooling (Flyway/Liquibase/Redgate), on-premise infrastructure management, Kafka/streaming platforms.

Responsibilities

Install, configure, maintain, and upgrade PostgreSQL and SQL Server environments; ensure secure configuration, patching, and compliance; own backup, restore, and maintenance strategies; deploy and manage database environments in GCP; contribute to migration and consolidation work; build and maintain high availability and disaster recovery solutions; automate provisioning, patching, backups, and routine maintenance; participate in rotating on-call rota for incident response.

Seniority

Mid-to-Senior, hands-on IC

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