Database Administrator |SaaS Platform for NHS | £50k to £75k + Bonus | Fully Remote

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 GrafanaShard allocation, replication tuning, disk performanceBackup, restore, and DR testingData migrations and custom table loads for NHS tenantsZero-downtime patching and performance baseliningWhat You''ll Bring:Proven experience as a DBA managing large, sharded databasesStrong MySQL tuning and Linux environment skillsFamiliarity with monitoring and alerting setupsBonus if you''ve worked with Vitess, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, or ArgoCD Benefits:Bonus25 days of annual holidayVitality Healthcare - private health insuranceAviva Life Insurance - 3x your annual ..... full job details .....