Database/Data Engineer in London - Salt Search

Hybrid - 3 days onsite | Financial Services | Contract / Permanent

We're looking for an experienced Senior Database Engineer to join a major financial services technology and data transformation programme.

This is not a traditional BAU DBA role. You'll work closely with application teams and Data Architects to design, engineer and deploy database solutions into production, with a strong focus on automation, standardisation and

modern engineering practices.

• Engineer and deploy Oracle, PostgreSQL and NoSQL database solutions
• Work with Cassandra, MongoDB and/or Couchbase
• Build and configure database environments across development through to production
• Automate database provisioning, configuration and deployments
• Integrate database changes into CI/CD pipelines
• Support performance tuning, query optimisation and complex troubleshooting
• Engineer for high availability, resilience, security and recovery
• Support database migrations, upgrades and modernisation initiatives
• Work closely with developers, architects and infrastructure teams

• Strong hands-on Oracle and PostgreSQL experience
• Experience with at least one of Cassandra, MongoDB or Couchbase
• Strong database engineering, performance tuning and troubleshooting skills
• Automation experience using Terraform, Ansible, Python and/or Shell
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD and Git
• Experience supporting highly available, business-critical systems
• Strong understanding of database security, resilience and operational risk
• Financial services, banking, capital markets or another regulated environment is highly desirable

You'll be a strong DBA who has evolved into a modern Database Engineer - technically hands-on, automation-focused and keen to replace repetitive manual processes with reliable, reusable engineering solutions.