Senior Database Administrator

Job descriptionAbout UsOur mission is to dominate the betting and gaming industry on a global scale and we need the very best Tech talent to help us achieve this.We recently migrated all of our customers onto our very own proprietary platform - so its an exciting time to join us. With the help of our new platform were able to pioneer new products and drive more advanced creative technologies. The result Unrivalled experiences for millions of customers worldwide.Betfreds Technology department is driven by innovation and youll be at the heart of unlocking our new platforms potential. So if you want to help shape the future of betting and gaming then its to time to join us.Job PurposeThe Senior Database Administrator (DBA) is responsible for the delivery maintenance and optimisation of secure scalable and high-performance database services. The role requires deep technical expertise across infrastructure application and reliability engineering disciplines with a focus on ensuring database environments remain stable efficient and well-automated.The Senior DBA will work closely with the Lead DBA DevOps Platform Engineering Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and Development teams to design implement and support resilient database solutions. The role is highly hands-on and suited to a technically driven individual with a passion for continual improvement and operational excellence.Job DutiesAdminister and maintain production and non-production database environments.Monitor and optimise database performance replication backups and high availability configurations.Diagnose and resolve complex performance reliability and capacity issues across database and infrastructure layers.Apply patches upgrades and security hardening to ensure compliance and stability.Design and maintain automation for database provisioning maintenance monitoring and deployment.Implement configuration management and infrastructure-as-code using tools such as Ansible and Terraform.Collaborate with SRE and platform engineering teams to embed observability alerting and resilience best practices. Work closely with the Lead DBA and development teams to implement database design standards and performance tuning best practices.Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior DBAs and engineers. Participate in incident response and root cause analysis activities ensuring that preventative measures are implemented. Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and scalability challenges.Evaluate emerging database technologies and contribute to their adoption where appropriate. Maintain technical documentation operational playbooks and automation scripts to support consistency and knowledge sharing.Knowledge Skills and ExperienceEssentialExperience in MariaDB/MySQL or equivalent RDBMS environments.Strong knowledge of database architecture replication partitioning and performance optimisation.Proficiency in Linux administration and scripting (Bash Shell or Python).Experience with automation and configuration management tools such as Ansible or Terraform.Proven ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across database and system layers.Familiarity with CI/CD and observability tooling.Desirable Experience with AWS RDS or other cloud-managed database platforms.Knowledge of Liquibase or similar schema migration tools.Understanding of data protection disaster recovery and retention strategies.Experience with monitoring tools such as Prometheus or Grafana.Whats in it for youWe offer a variety of competitive benefits some of which vary depending on the role youre recruited to. Some of what you can expect in this role includes:A competitive rate of pay and pension contribution ()Generous discretionary bonus schemes incentives and competitionsAn annual leave entitlement that increases with length of serviceAccess to an online GP 24/7 365 days a year for you and your immediate family.Employee wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance ProgrammeEnhanced Maternity & Paternity PayLong Service RecognitionAccess to a pay day savings scheme financial coach and up to 40% of your earned wage ahead of payday through Wagestream.For More information visit our doneYour application has been successfully submittedOther jobsRequired Experience:Senior IC Key Skills Databases,SQL,High Availability,PL/SQL,Solaris,Microsoft SQL Server,Database Design,Performance Tuning,MySQL,Shell Scripting,Database Administration,Oracle Employment Type : Full-Time Experience: years Vacancy: 1 Yearly Salary Salary: 65000 - 85000