DBA Location: UK - Fully remote Benefits - £50,000 to £75,000 Bonus, Life insurance, Health Insurance, Pension If you're a DBA who thrives in high-availability environments and knows what it means to keep mission-critical systems running 24/7this one’s for you. We’re supporting a healthcare tech platform rolling out a modern EPR system as a SaaS oSffering to the NHS, and they’re looking for an experienced DBA to help scale and support this transformation. You’ll join a collaborative team of developers, testers, and sysadmins, and take ownership of performance, reliability, and security across large-scale, sharded databases. This is a hands-on DBA role where your work directly impacts NHS services—so uptime, optimisation, and smart architecture are key. What You’ll Be Working With: MySQL, Vitess, and Linux in production (Dont worry if you haven't worked with Vitess) Monitoring tools like Prometheus and Grafana Shard allocation, replication tuning, disk performance Backup, restore, and DR testing Data migrations and custom table loads for NHS tenants Zero-downtime patching and performance baselining What You’ll Bring: Proven experience as a DBA managing large, sharded databases Strong MySQL tuning and Linux environment skills Familiarity with monitoring and alerting setups Bonus if you’ve worked with Vitess, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, or ArgoCD Benefits: Bonus 25 days of annual holiday Vitality Healthcare – private health insurance Aviva Life Insurance – 3x your annual salary Pension scheme with 4% employer contribution Town-centre offices in Wokingham Regular social events to connect and unwind Flexible working hours to suit your lifestyle If you're a DBA who loves solving real-world problems, building resilient systems, and making a meaningful impact, this is your kind of role. Apply now or reach out for a chat. Let’s talk