Senior DBA

Senior Database Administrator (DBA)Permanent vacancy/Hybrid working in Manchester Salary: To £75,000 + Benefits DOE/Discretionary bonus schemes and incentivesWe''re recruiting on behalf of a leading technology-driven organisation to find a Senior DBA to support the delivery, maintenance and optimisation of secure, scalable, and high-performing database environments. This is a hands-on role focused on ensuring database reliability, automation, resilience, and operational excellence across business-critical platforms.Working closely with DBA, DevOps, Platform Engineering, SRE and Development teams, you will design, implement and support robust database solutions while driving performance improvements and automation initiativesKey Responsibilities Administer and maintain production and non-production database environmentsMonitor and optimise performance, replication, backups and high-availability solutionTroubleshoot complex database, infrastructure and capacity issuesImplement upgrades, patching and security best practicesDevelop automation for provisioning, deployment and ongoing maintenanceSupport Infrastructure as Code and configuration management using tools such as Ansible and TerraformCollaborate with engineering teams to improve observability, resilience and operational efficiencyProvide technical guidance and mentorship to junior team membersParticipate in incident management, root cause analysis and continuous improvement activitiesContribute to database architecture ..... full job details .....