Senior Database Administrator (DBA) | Barts Health NHS Trust


Company:	Barts Health NHS Trust
Salary:	£66,274 - £73,496 per annum inc
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	London, E1 2BL
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	23 Sept 2026
Closing date:	23 Oct 2026

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Summary

Barts Health ICT is seeking an experienced and skilledDatabase Administrator (DBA)to lead on the Trust’s large SQL database environments and work as part of the ICT Server Team.

In this role, you will be responsible for maintaining, configuring, optimising, and developing the Trust’s database infrastructure. You will ensure theavailability, performance, integrity, and securityof all databases across the organisation.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience inSQL Server database administration, including performance tuning, troubleshooting, maintenance, and database design. Experience withvirtualisation technologiesand their configuration is also essential.

Proposed interview date 10/07/2026

• Review, develop, and promote efficiency and stability across theRelational Database Management (RDBMS) environment, ensuring databases are secure and protected.

• Act as atechnical lead and subject matter expert (SME)for database design, implementation, and optimisation across live and test environments.

• Monitor and tune database environments to ensureoptimal system performance, integrity, and availability.

• Analyse, troubleshoot, and resolvecomplex database issues, minimising downtime and ensuring rapid restoration of services.

• Develop and enforcepolicies and proceduresfor database management, security, and maintenance.

• Lead technical delivery of database-related projects, ensuring completion withintime, cost, and quality expectations, including risk identification and mitigation.

• Performsoftware installation and configuration, working with third-party suppliers where required.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

This advert closes on Wednesday 7 Oct 2026

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