Database Engineer (PostgreSQL) in Aldershot

Location: Farnborough, with flexibility to work from home dependent on business demands

Salary: 47,000

Clearance requirements: For this position you must have been a UK resident for at least 10 years in order to meet the security clearance residency criteria

The Role: We are looking for a Database Engineer to join us on a permanent basis. You will apply practical database engineering and administration skills to support reliable data services across a number of critical UK sectors. This role is suited to someone with a solid technical foundation who is ready to develop further while working alongside experienced engineers. You will help build, maintain and improve database services, contributing to solutions that are secure, scalable, supportable and sustainable. You will receive guidance on more complex work while taking responsibility for well-defined technical tasks and operational activities.

What will I be doing? You will work closely with the Data Architect, Senior Data Engineers and fellow Database Engineers as an integral part of the team. The team includes experienced specialists and developing engineers, providing opportunities to apply your current skills, learn from others and broaden your database engineering experience. Your responsibilities will include:

• Working collaboratively with Database Engineers and wider delivery teams in an Agile environment
• Building, maintaining and operating PostgreSQL database environments in AWS
• Investigating and resolving database, data processing and performance issues, with support where required
• Evaluating tools and technologies and contributing to improvements to database platforms and operational processes
• Supporting the development and maintenance of database integration, migration and data processing processes
• Collaborating with engineering, testing and DevOps teams
• Contributing to task planning, effort estimates, dependency identification and technical risk discussions
• Supporting the controlled migration of test and sensitive production data
• Providing operational support for database services and escalating complex issues to senior engineers when appropriate

What does Leidos need from me? As a minimum you will have:

• Practical PostgreSQL database administration experience
• Good SQL skills; PL/pgSQL experience would be advantageous
• Experience with, or good working knowledge of, AWS database services such as Amazon RDS and Aurora PostgreSQL
• Experience with database migration or replication tooling; knowledge of AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) would be advantageous
• Experience working collaboratively in an Agile or Scrum engineering team
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to estimate well-defined tasks and identify dependencies with support from senior colleagues
• Experience investigating query performance and applying straightforward improvements

The following would be advantageous:

• Hands-on experience with Aurora PostgreSQL, Amazon RDS or a similar managed database service
• Experience supporting PostgreSQL databases in a development, test or production environment
• Experience contributing to database migration activities
• Familiarity with DB2 or another relational database platform
• Familiarity with Oracle
• Scripting experience, for example Python, Bash or PowerShell

Clearance Requirements (we will support obtaining this): SC Clearance to start DV Clearance for role

Unleash your talents at Leidos UK! Grow and advance rapidly in your career by letting us challenge you with the world’s toughest technical problems.

What we do for you: At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance. We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:

• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)
• Flexi-Time Working

Commitment to Diversity: We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are: Leidos UK & EUROPE– we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science. Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.

What Makes Us Different: Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change. Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours. People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail.