Senior PostgreSQL Database Engineer
Not disclosed
Salary
Not disclosed by employer
£54,900
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
Our predicted code SOC 2133 (62% match) is an eligible occupation, with a going rate of £54,900, and Synechron is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the published rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
About the role
About Company:
Synechron is a global technology consulting firm that helps leading organizations accelerate digital transformation through innovation, expertise, and agility. With more than 16,500 professionals across around 60 offices in over 20 countries, we combine deep industry knowledge with advanced capabilities in AI, cloud, cybersecurity, and data engineering. Our regional teams, supported by strategic delivery centers, provide scalable, cost-efficient solutions tailored to local markets. Through our award-winning Synechron FinLabs accelerators and strategic partnerships with AWS, Microsoft, Databricks, Salesforce, and ServiceNow, we enable clients to innovate fast and lead with confidence. For more information on the company, please visit our website or LinkedIn community.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative-action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative ‘Same Difference’ is committed to fostering an inclusive culture – promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more.
All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant’s gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Job Description:
Join a high-performing Technology Infrastructure team as a PostgreSQL DBA
This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on database specialist who enjoys working with enterprise-scale infrastructure, automation and highly available production environments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Administer, configure, upgrade and patch PostgreSQL databases.
- Design and support high-availability, replication and disaster-recovery solutions.
- Manage backup, restore and point-in-time recovery processes.
- Monitor and optimise database performance, capacity and availability.
- Troubleshoot complex database incidents and performance issues.
- Carry out database migrations, upgrades and infrastructure changes.
- Automate administration and operational tasks using scripting and DevOps tools.
- Implement database security, access controls, auditing and vulnerability remediation.
- Work closely with application, cloud, infrastructure and security teams.
- Maintain technical documentation, runbooks and operational procedures.
- Participate in change management, incident response and on-call support.
Essential Skills and Experience:
- Proven experience as a PostgreSQL DBA, Database Engineer or Database Consultant.
- Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL architecture and administration.
- Experience with replication, failover, high availability and disaster recovery.
- Solid understanding of backup, recovery, WAL, vacuuming and database maintenance.
- Advanced SQL, query optimisation and performance-tuning skills.
- Good Linux/Unix administration and shell-scripting experience.
- Experience with Python, Bash, Ansible or similar automation technologies.
- Experience supporting critical databases in a 24/7 production environment.
- Understanding of ITIL processes, incident management and change control.
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
Why Join?
- Work on resilient, enterprise-scale technology platforms.
- Solve complex database and infrastructure challenges.
- Develop your expertise in PostgreSQL, automation and cloud technologies.
- Collaborate with experienced technology and engineering teams.
- Play a key role in supporting secure and highly available digital services.
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Where this offer sits in the market
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Does this job guarantee visa sponsorship?
Not necessarily. Synechron 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 2133 going rate of £54,900. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.