Overview
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 experiencedDBAto 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-onDBArole where your work directly impacts NHS services—so uptime, optimisation, and smart architecture are key.
What You’ll Be Working With:
* MySQL,Vitess, andLinuxin production (Dont worry if you haven't worked with Vitess)
* Monitoring tools likePrometheusandGrafana
* 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 aDBAmanaging 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 schemewith 4% employer contribution
* Town-centre offices in Wokingham
* Regular social eventsto connect and unwind
* Flexible working hoursto suit your lifestyle
If you're aDBAwho 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.
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