Database Administrator

Salary/Rate:£45,000 to £55,000
Job type:Perm
Town/City:Norwich
County:Norfolk
Sector:Software Development
Job ref:300
Post Date:20. 05. 2026
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About the Role

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, ideally with experience across:

  • MySQL or similar relational databases
  • Performance tuning, query optimisation and troubleshooting
  • Backups, recovery, replication or high availability
  • Supporting production environments
  • Monitoring, incident resolution and data integrity
  • AWS, Aurora, RDS or other managed database services would be useful

You don’t need to be a finished article. This would suit someone who has built a good grounding in database administration and wants to develop further across cloud database services, SaaS platforms and modern data environments.

Exposure to any of the following would be helpful, but not essential: AWS, CloudWatch, Performance Insights, Terraform, Ansible, Rundeck, MSSQL, data lakes, CDC tooling or event-driven systems.

Why Apply?

This is a strong opportunity to step into a visible database role where your work will directly support the stability and performance of key business systems. You’ll join a collaborative technology team, gain exposure to modern cloud database platforms and have room to develop beyond traditional DBA responsibilities.

If you’re a DBA, Database Engineer or technically strong support/application engineer with good database experience, this could be a very good next step.

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