Senior Database Administrator Remote from United Kingdom)
Company:
Location:United Kingdom
Languages:English
Seniority level:Senior, 5+ years
Experience:5+ years
Skills:
AWSDockerPythonSQLKubernetesMySQLRustCI/CDLinuxTerraform
Requirements:
5+ years of hands-on experience operating MariaDB or MySQL in high-volume production environments Strong understanding of high-availability architectures, replication, and distributed database behavior Experience with database proxies or load-balancing technologies (e.g., HAProxy, ProxySQL) Practical experience with CI/CD, GitOps, and infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform) Solid Linux, cloud infrastructure, and networking fundamentals Experience building container images and operating workloads on Kubernetes Strong security mindset Proven expertise in monitoring, alerting, and incident readiness Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Responsibilities:
Scale, tune, and operate high-throughput MariaDB environments Design and improve high-availability, backup, and disaster-recovery strategies Reduce manual operational work through automation Enhance observability with metrics and alerts Strengthen database security Contribute to platform initiatives (containerization, IaC) Partner with engineering teams for performance improvements Participate in on-call rotations
