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

Required Experience

• 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 life cycle
• Strong background in schema design and life cycle 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.