Senior Development Database Administrator

Founded in 2008, CitNOW is an innovative, enterprise-level software product suite that allows automotive dealerships globally to sell more vehicles and parts more profitably. CitNOW's app-based platform provides a secure, brand-compliant solution – for dealers to build trust, transparency and long-lasting relationships.

CitNOW Group was formed in 2021 to unite a portfolio of 12 global software companies leveraging innovation to aid retailers and manufacturers in delivering an outstanding customer experience. We have over 300 employees worldwide who all contribute to our vision to provide market-leading automotive solutions to drive efficiencies, seamlessly transforming every customer moment.

The CitNOW Group is no ordinary technology company, we live a series of One Team values and this guiding principle forms the foundation of CitNOW Group's award winning, collaborative and inclusive culture. We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Database Administrator to own the performance, availability and security of our growing fleet of databases across MSSQL, PostgreSQL and AWS-managed services.

This individual will play a key role in designing scalable data architectures, ensuring high availability and supporting development teams with optimised queries and resilient data pipelines.

Database Administration & Operations

Maintain, monitor, and tune production and staging MSSQL and PostgreSQL databases

Ensure uptime and performance SLAs are met across cloud and hybrid environments

AWS Cloud Expertise

Administer RDS, Aurora, and EC2-hosted database instances.

Monitor database performance using CloudWatch, Performance Insights, and third-party tools

Data Architecture & Design

Implement and enforce best practices in database normalization, partitioning, and data lifecycle management

Ensure data encryption, access controls, and audit logging are in place and compliant with company policies

Support GDPR/SOC 2/ISO 27001 initiatives with appropriate database controls and evidence collection

Provide database guidance to developers and DevOps teams during code reviews and deployments

Share knowledge, mentor junior DBAs, and improve documentation and internal tooling

Required skills & experience

~10+ years of DBA experience, including at least:

~5+ years with MSSQL Server (SQL Agent, SSIS, performance tuning)

~5+ years with PostgreSQL (query optimization, extensions, logical replication)

~ Strong hands-on experience with AWS database services: Solid understanding of SQL query optimization, execution plans, and troubleshooting slow queries

~ Experience with NoSQL databases (e.g., Exposure to CI/CD pipelines with database change management tools (Flyway, Liquibase)

Knowledge of containerized database deployments (e.g., PostgreSQL on Kubernetes)

Certification in AWS (e.g., AWS Certified Database – Specialty)

In addition to a competitive salary, our benefits package is second to none. Employee wellbeing is at the heart of our people strategy, with a number of innovative wellness initiatives such as flexi-time, where employees can vary their start and finish times within our core business hours and/or extend their lunch break by up to 2 hours per day. Employees also benefit from an additional two half days paid leave per year to focus on their personal wellbeing.

We recognise the development of our people is vital to the ongoing success of the business and proudly promote a culture of continuous learning and improvement, along with opportunities to develop and progress a successful career with us.

The CitNOW Group is an equal opportunities employer that celebrates diversity across our international teams. View our candidate privacy policy here - CitNOW-Group-Candidate-Privacy-Policy.

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