Database Administrator

Database Administrator

Permanent

Location:

Edinburgh or Witham (We believe in the power of in-person collaboration, and our hybrid model requires colleagues to be in the office a minimum of 40% of their time)

Salary: A competitive salary from £36,400 – £54,600 (effective from April 2026) depending on the experience you can bring

Closing date: 22nd February 2026

As a purpose-led business, we’re focused on supporting our customers as they navigate through new stages of their lives and all the moments that matter. We’re here for everyone who wants to make the most of their time on the planet and leave it a little better than they found it, however grand or humble their ambitions.

We help people live their best lives. We help them with the big stuff, for the moments that matter:
Pensions, Savings, Investments. At Aegon, we strive in creating a diverse organisation that plays a meaningful role in driving greater equity, inclusion and belonging.

This role plays a key part in delivering a stable, high performing technology estate within a complex control environment. You’ll be responsible for day to day database administration while driving improvements through automation, modern database practices, and enhanced service availability.

Success in this role means balancing BAU responsibilities with a strong focus on continuous improvement – particularly around cloud adoption, performance optimisation, and process efficiency.

You’ll bring broad technical expertise, especially in database management, and work as part of a collaborative team spread across Edinburgh and Witham.

• Oversee the performance and suitability of the Aegon UK database estate across test and production environments (approx. 300 databases)
• Ensure effective monitoring, maintenance, and performance tuning, providing recommendations and solutions where needed
• Maintain compliance with internal policies and controls, including security, SOx, and audit requirements
• Investigate database related issues promptly, conduct root cause analysis, and manage resolution activities
• Champion an automation first approach, identifying and implementing opportunities to streamline DBA processes
• Collaborate closely with the wider Environment Operations team to anticipate project needs, align delivery, and manage resource planning

• Experience with a range of database technologies, such as Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, Postgre
  
  SQL, Sybase, MySQL, RDS, and AWS services
• A solid understanding of complex architecture across varied environments and technologies
• Hands‑on experience managing and supporting large scale database estates
• Proven skills in database monitoring and performance tuning
• A strong grasp of both business and technology processes that underpin platform operations
• A solid understanding of ITIL principles and how they’re applied within IT service management environments

• We’re serious about your future and our enhanced pension scheme is now in place. We ask you to contribute 3% of your salary to your pension and we’ll put in 9%. If you decide to contribute more, we’ll match it up to a combined total of 20% of your salary (that’s 7% from you and 13% from us).
• A discretionary bonus, depending on personal and company performance
• 34 days leave per year (including bank holidays, pro-rated for part-time)

We also offer private medical cover, life assurance, critical illness cover, enhanced parental leave and a variety of lifestyle benefits to help our employees live their best lives, including retail discount vouchers, cycle2work scheme, subsidised restaurant and online GP appointments.

Join us and be part of a dynamic team where your skills will make a difference! Apply now!

We’ll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If we offer you a job and you accept, there are some checks we need to complete before you can start with us. This will include a credit and criminal record check, as well as providing satisfactory references.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their age, disability, race, religion/belief, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity.