SS&C Technologies

Database Administrator – PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL

SS&C Technologies

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Basildon • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

AnsibleAWSCloudDockerGrafanaKubernetesMS SQL ServerNoSQLOraclePostgresPrometheusSQLTerraform

About the role

  • Manage day-to-day operations for PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL), and Oracle databases, including provisioning, patching, upgrades, backups, user management, and performance tuning.
  • Participate in the on-call rotation to ensure timely incident response and resolution, maintaining high availability and reliability of database services.
  • Collaborate with global teams across Thailand, India, the US, UK, Canada, and other regions to support daily operational requests and project initiatives.
  • Ensure all database systems comply with regulatory, security, privacy, and audit requirements, maintaining a strong posture in governance and risk management.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field—or equivalent practical experience.
  • Strong hands-on expertise in either PostgreSQL or Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL).
  • Willingness to learn and expand into other database technologies or data-related solutions.
  • Expertise in more than one database technology is highly preferred-especially candidates with strong hands-on experience in both PostgreSQL and Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL).
  • Hands-on experience with high availability (HA) database architectures and solutions.
  • Experience working with NoSQL databases.
  • Familiarity with cloud infrastructure platforms (e.g., AWS).
  • DevOps skills, including experience with tools such as CI/CD pipelines, Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, containers (e.g., Docker), Grafana, and Prometheus.
Benefits
  • Equal Employment Opportunity employer
  • Collaborating across multiple locations and time zones

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
PostgreSQLMicrosoft SQL ServerOracle databasesNoSQL databaseshigh availability (HA) database architecturesperformance tuninguser managementprovisioningpatchingupgrades
Soft skills
collaborationincident responseproblem resolutioncommunicationgovernancerisk management