PostgreSQL Database Administrator

Location: Hybrid – Minimum 2 days per week onsite - Andover, Corsham, or Northwood

Salary: Up to £60k DoE+ Excellent Benefits Package

Clearance: Active

SC Cleared required (DV Clearance highly desirable)

To apply, email:henry.

Are you an experienced Postgre

SQL DBA looking to work on secure, large-scale platforms across cloud and on-premise environments?

We’re working with a leading global technology and digital transformation organisation seeking a skilled Postgre

SQL Database Administrator to support critical platforms operating within secure environments.

This is an opportunity to join a highly collaborative engineering team delivering complex data-driven solutions across enterprise and government-focused programmes.

You’ll work closely with infrastructure teams, data engineers, and data scientists to manage and evolve core Postgre

SQL data platforms supporting complex applications and data pipelines.

• Managing Postgre
  
  SQL database clusters across multiple cloud and on-premise environments
• Monitoring, tuning, and optimising database performance
• Designing and maintaining scalable database schemas, tables, and views
• Managing database migrations and data structures across environments, including offline deployments
• Defining backup, recovery, and failover strategies
• Managing database security, roles, permissions, and Row Level Security (RLS)
• Supporting data ingestion from a wide range of sources alongside engineering and data teams
• Working with infrastructure teams on installation, patching, and database configuration
• Owning and evolving core data models within the platform

• Strong Postgre
  
  SQL DBA experience within enterprise or secure environments
• Database performance tuning, optimisation, and troubleshooting
• Experience with:
  • Query optimisation
  • Index tuning
  • Execution plan analysis
  • Partitioning & sharding
• Experience managing Postgre
  
  SQL clustering and failover strategies
• Strong data modelling and schema design experience
• Knowledge of backup and recovery methodologies
• Experience storing and managing JSON objects within PostgreSQL
• Strong stakeholder communication and collaborative working skills

• Experience with Postgre
  
  SQL extensions such as:
  • pgvector
  • PostGIS A
  • pache AGE
• Additional experience with Oracle and/or MS SQL Server
• Experience supporting data science or data engineering environments
• Exposure to secure or highly regulated environments

Due to the nature of the work, candidates must hold active SC Clearance as a minimum.

DV eligibility is highly desirable.

Candidates must have lived and worked continuously in the UK for the past 5–7 years.

• Matched pension contributions up to 10%
• Private medical cover Income protection
• Life assurance 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Flexible benefits programme
• Hybrid working model
• Excellent career progression and training opportunities