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Retained Recruitment for Database Administrators

Database Administrators manage the databases that power an organisation's applications — ensuring performance, reliability, security, and availability. We find the professionals your team needs through dedicated retained search — not job boards.

Retained Only 21–35 Day Placement 90-Day Guarantee $90,000 – $155,000
DBASenior DBADatabase EngineerData Infrastructure Engineer

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What Does a Database Administrator Do?

Managing database server health, performance, and capacity, implementing backup and recovery procedures, optimising slow queries and indexes, managing database security and access controls, supporting database version upgrades, and collaborating with engineers on schema design.

What We Screen For

Expert-level experience in at least one RDBMS (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, or SQL Server), performance tuning and query optimisation proficiency, backup and recovery experience, and familiarity with cloud-managed database services (RDS, Cloud SQL, or Azure SQL). NoSQL experience (MongoDB, Cassandra, or Redis) is valued in modern environments.

💡 Hiring Insight

DBAs with cloud-managed database migration experience — moving workloads from on-premises Oracle or SQL Server to cloud-managed equivalents — are among the most practically in-demand database professionals today.

Typical Compensation
$90,000 – $155,000
PostgreSQL and cloud-managed database specialists with performance tuning depth command the top of this range.
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DBASenior DBADatabase EngineerData Infrastructure Engineer

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Retained recruitment delivers a pre-screened shortlist within 21–35 days. Start with a free, confidential 25-minute consultation.

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Recruiting a Database Administrator — FAQ

Most Database Administrator searches through our retained model are completed within 21 to 35 business days. DBAs with cloud-managed database migration experience — moving workloads from on-premises Oracle or SQL Server to cloud-managed equivalents — are among the most practically in-demand database professionals today. We provide a realistic timeline at the start of every engagement.
Expert-level experience in at least one RDBMS (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, or SQL Server), performance tuning and query optimisation proficiency, backup and recovery experience, and familiarity with cloud-managed database services (RDS, Cloud SQL, or Azure SQL). NoSQL experience (MongoDB, Cassandra, or Redis) is valued in modern environments.
The best Database Administrators are almost always employed and not browsing job boards. DBAs with cloud-managed database migration experience — moving workloads from on-premises Oracle or SQL Server to cloud-managed equivalents — are among the most practically in-demand database professionals today. A retained search means one dedicated recruiter works your role exclusively — conducting passive candidate outreach, pre-screening technically, and presenting only candidates who genuinely match your brief.
Every permanent retained placement includes a 90-day guarantee. If the placed professional departs or is released within 90 days for reasons covered under our guarantee terms, we conduct a full replacement search at no additional fee.
Compensation for Database Administrator roles typically ranges from $90,000 – $155,000. PostgreSQL and cloud-managed database specialists with performance tuning depth command the top of this range. We include real-time compensation benchmarking in every retained search.
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