PostgreSQL Database Administrator

Technical skills

• Strong PostgreSQL database management experience, including core development, maintenance and performance optimisation.
• Experience with sharding, partitions, clustering and extensions such as pgvector, PostGIS and AGE is useful.
• Experience with Oracle or MSSQL is required, including experience with a current Oracle version.
• Knowledge of performance optimisation, backup and recovery, clustering, failover and data modelling is required.
• Understand best practices for storing JSON objects within PostgreSQL.

Essential criteria

• Be eligible for SC clearance as a minimum, with DV clearance as a target.
• Have lived and worked continuously in the UK for the past five to seven years.
• Be able to design, create and manage schemas, tables and views and collaborate on data model requirements.

Benefits

• Pension contributions are matched up to 10 percent.
• Benefits include private medical cover, income protection, life assurance, 25 days of paid leave plus national holidays and a flexible benefits programme.

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