Database Administrator, Infrastructure
Core
Senior technical owner for database reliability, security, and operational maturity of production database infrastructure for UK public safety customers.
Role type
Senior / Staff Database Administrator
Builds
Production database systems for UK police and public safety partners
Domain
Public safety / Law enforcement / Cloud infrastructure
Deliverable
infrastructure
Required skills
MySQL administration, cloud-hosted database platforms (AWS RDS/Azure), performance tuning, query optimization, replication, backup and recovery, high availability, infrastructure as code, automation, observability, incident management, security compliance, mentorship
Preferred skills
Microservices architectures, distributed systems, SaaS platforms, regulated environments, database migrations, SLO/SLA definition
Technologies
MySQL, AWS RDS, Aurora, Azure
Responsibilities
Own and improve reliability, performance, security, and scalability of production database systems; Lead monitoring, alerting, capacity planning, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery; Identify and resolve complex performance and availability issues; Partner on schema design, indexing, query optimization, and change management; Lead technical planning for migrations, upgrades, and scaling; Improve IaC, automation, and observability; Define and maintain runbooks and production readiness criteria; Lead incident response and post-incident reviews; Provide technical guidance and mentorship to teams; Represent database reliability in architecture reviews and roadmap planning
Seniority
Senior / Staff, hands-on IC with mentorship and technical direction