Database Administrator - Glasgow
Database Administrator (Contract) - 6 Months Outside IR35
Location: Glasgow (Hybrid)Rate: £475-£550 per day Contract: Outside IR35
An experienced Database Administrator is required to support a major public sector client on a business-critical programme. The role sits within an engineering-led environment and works closely with technical teams and stakeholders to ensure database platforms are secure, performant and resilient.
Key Responsibilities- Design and evolve database schemas in collaboration with engineering teams
- Monitor, diagnose and resolve database and query performance issues
- Review and optimise operational SQL, including use of stored procedures
- Manage database availability, security, backup, recovery and disaster recovery
- Perform upgrades, migrations, patching and ongoing maintenance
- Support releases and deployments involving database changes
- Set and uphold database administration standards, capacity planning and best practice
- 5+ years' experience with MySQL or MariaDB, specifically InnoDB
- Strong working knowledge of AWS data services (Aurora, RDS, DynamoDB)
- 5+ years' experience in database performance management and tuning (schemas, indexes, SQL)
- Proven experience creating and reviewing SQL within an SCM-backed CI/CD lifecycle
- Strong background in schema design and lifecycle management (tables, indexes, constraints)
- Hands-on experience developing Stored Procedures and Functions
- Experience working collaboratively with wider engineering teams to design and improve new or existing services
Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.