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Glasgow, Scotland - £475-£550 per day Contract Posted by: Lorien Posted: Monday, 26 January 2026
 
 
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Database Administrator (Contract) - 6 months Outside IR35

Location: Glasgow (Hybrid)
Rate: £475-£550 per day
Contract: Outside IR35

An experienced Database Administrator is required to support a major public sector client on a business-critical programme. The role sits within an engineering-led environment and works closely with technical teams and stakeholders to ensure database platforms are secure, performant and resilient.

Key Responsibilities
  • Design and evolve database schemas in collaboration with engineering teams
  • Monitor, diagnose and resolve database and query performance issues
  • Review and optimise operational SQL, including use of stored procedures
  • Manage database availability, security, backup, recovery and disaster recovery
  • Perform upgrades, migrations, patching and ongoing maintenance
  • Support releases and deployments involving database changes
  • Set and uphold database administration standards, capacity planning and best practice

Required Experience

  • 5+ years' experience with MySQL or MariaDB, specifically InnoDB
  • Strong working knowledge of AWS data services (Aurora, RDS, DynamoDB)
  • 5+ years' experience in database performance management and tuning (schemas, indexes, SQL)
  • Proven experience creating and reviewing SQL within an SCM-backed CI/CD life cycle
  • Strong background in schema design and life cycle management (tables, indexes, constraints)
  • Hands-on experience developing Stored Procedures and Functions
  • Experience working collaboratively with wider engineering teams to design and improve new or existing services

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Glasgow, Scotland, UK
IT
Public Sector
6 months
ASAP
£475-£550 per day
Lorien
Mathew Cannon
JS-BBBH173331
26/01/2026 17:26:26
About Lorien

Lorien is a tech, transformation and telecom recruitment specialist. We combine tech expertise with the scope, depth and breadth of large-scale talent solutions, covering all sectors, sizes and needs.


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