Senior Database Administrator (DBA) - SC Cleared

Senior Database Administrator (DBA) Location: London/Croydon Sector: Public Sector Contract: Contractor Clearance: Active SC required Nationality: No specific nationality requirement stated Role Overview We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Database Administrator (DBA) with deep expertise in AWS Aurora, Amazon RDS and PostgreSQL . The successful candidate will act as a senior database subject matter expert, combining hands-on technical delivery with architecture and technical leadership. You will be responsible for the design, operation, optimisation, resilience and recovery of critical database platforms, while contributing to architecture decisions, database design, performance tuning, data reconciliation and operational support. Key Responsibilities Lead the architecture, design and implementation of enterprise database solutions on AWS. Design and maintain database schemas, data models, indexing strategies and database standards. Design and implement highly available and resilient database platforms. Drive database resilience, high availability, disaster recovery and business continuity capabilities. Define, implement and test backup, recovery, failover and disaster recovery processes. Participate in architecture reviews, technical governance and design authority decisions. Optimise database performance through query tuning, execution plan analysis, indexing and configuration improvements. Troubleshoot and resolve complex production database issues. ..... full job details .....