Database Administrator

We re working with a well-known consumer brand that is looking for a hands-on Database Administrator to join its technology team. This is a great opportunity for someone with a few years DBA experience who wants to take on more ownership in a modern cloud-based environment. The role is focused on supporting and improving a business-critical AWS Aurora MySQL estate, with exposure to SaaS database services, reporting databases, data lake platforms and wider cloud tooling. You ll be involved in the day-to-day running, performance and reliability of production and QA database environments, working closely with DevOps, development, QA and data teams. The core of the role is very much database administration, but there will also be opportunities to get involved in automation, monitoring and platform improvement work. What you''ll be doing You ll help manage and support a high-volume MySQL database environment, ensuring systems are stable, reliable and performing well. This will include monitoring database health, investigating performance issues, supporting backups and recovery processes, checking replication, resolving data-related issues and helping maintain reliable Live and QA environments. You ll also work with development and platform teams to support safe database changes, improve queries, maintain operational processes and contribute to continuous improvements across the database estate. What we''re looking for We re looking for someone with solid database fundamentals, ..... full job details .....