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Database Administrator (Private Cloud Infrastructure)

  • Posted 4 days ago
  • Permanent
  • 141273
  • Leeds, Manchester
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End date

Wednesday 19 November 2025

Salary range

£47,790 - £53,100

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Agile Working Options

Job Share; Hybrid Working

Job description

JOB TITLE:  Database Administrator (Private Cloud Infrastructure)

SALARY: £48,987 – £54,430

LOCATION: Leeds or Manchester

HOURS:  Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site

About this opportunity

We are modernising with cloud, a platform that is fast, secure and resilient for customers and easy, modern and green for developers.

We're looking for Database Administrators to join our Private Cloud Platform.  You’ll have a unique opportunity to be part of an ambitious team with the purpose of driving our tech modernisation agenda and enable us to become the biggest Fintech in the UK.

The ideal candidate will have demonstrable experience in database platform engineering and a passion for technology. Commitment to delivering high-quality, scalable solutions is a must. You will have worked hands-on with MS SQL and PostgreSQL database technologies and bring your expertise to our specialist team.

About us

Like the modern Britain we serve, we’re evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We’re growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too…

Job Description

On a day to day basis you will:

  • Identify technical impediments / bottlenecks and work directly to resolve

  • Be technology agnostic and willing to adapt approach in pursuit of the best solution

  • Be anchored to core engineering area and carry the ability to test and learn

  • Understand Systems Thinking and Service Design to mitigate reactive solutions that leads to further technical debt

  • Understand agile and the relationship between agile definitions and automated delivery

  • Be passionate about automating everything

  • Be industry aware and understand the importance of new technical approaches to evolve solutions

What you’ll need

Expertise in a private cloud environment specialising in one or more of the following technologies:

  • PostgreSQL (including HA)

  • Microsoft SQL Server (AAG, SSIS, SSAS, SSIS)

  • Powershell

  • T-SQL

  • PL/pgSQL

  • Supporting and managing enterprise systems, including HA/DR solutions

  • Agile ways of working

  • Contributing to solutions for a Private Cloud Environment

  • Backup / Restore and Disaster recovery processes

  • Defect Management

  • Performance Optimisation

  • Technical fault-finding Level 3 & 4

  • Security best practises and compliance standards

  • Problem solving and communication skills

  • Industry based best practice

And any experience of this would be really useful:

  • Ansible

  • Backstage / Harness / IDP

  • Github Enterprise

  • MongoDB

Interviews for this role will take place on 1st and 2nd December 2025.

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.

We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.

And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.

We’re disability confident. So, if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

  • A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

  • An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance

  • Share schemes including free shares

  • Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

  • 28 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top

  • A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We’d love to hear from you!
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