Lead Database Administrator
Not disclosed
Salary
Not disclosed by employer
£55,000
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2132 (85% match) is an eligible occupation, with a going rate of £55,000, and Morson Edge (Technology) is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
This could also be SOC 3133 (Database administrators and web content technicians, If the role is mainly hands-on DBA work without management focus). We read the code off the advert, so it is our best guess, not the employer's.
About the role
Lead Database Administrator (DBA)
Hybrid working in Manchester city centre (2 days per week)
Package: Salary: To £95,000 + Benefits, Performance-related bonus etc
We're recruiting on behalf of a leading Tech business to find an experienced Lead DBA to take ownership of database architecture, operations, and strategic direction. This is a hands-on leadership role responsible for ensuring database platforms remain secure, scalable, highly available, and performant across business-critical systems.
Key responsibilities include designing and maintaining resilient database infrastructure, implementing replication, clustering and disaster recovery solutions, driving automation and CI/CD adoption, optimising performance, ensuring security and compliance, and mentoring a team of DBAs. The role also involves close collaboration with engineering, DevOps, SRE and architecture teams to define standards and support platform growth.
Essential Skills & Experience:
- Strong experience with relational and non-relational databases (e.g. MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB)
- Expertise in high availability, replication, clustering and disaster recovery
- Strong Unix / Linux administration and scripting skills
- Proven database performance tuning and troubleshooting experience
- Knowledge of security, governance and compliance requirements
- Team leadership and mentoring experience
- Experience with automation, Infrastructure as Code, and CI/CD tools (e.g. Ansible, Terraform)
Desirable:
- Cloud or hybrid database platform experience
- Observability and monitoring tools
- Sharding, partitioning and large-scale database environments
- Application performance and database integration expertise
This is a great opportunity for a DBA leader to put their own stamp on a maturing Production environment and bring other operational teams together.
This description is the source posting as it read when we added it. We are not affiliated with Morson Edge (Technology), so check their own site for the current details.
Where this offer sits in the market
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About sponsorship for this role
Does this job guarantee visa sponsorship?
Not necessarily. Morson Edge (Technology) holds a sponsor licence, but sponsorship for a specific hire is always the employer's decision. Be upfront in your application that you'll require it.
What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 2132 going rate of £55,000. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.