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Shakers for companies
Work with a Database Administrator
A certified database administrator who takes charge of what cannot fail: availability, verified backups, performance and security for the database your business runs on, in SQL Server, Oracle or MySQL.
Senior tech talent for your data administration, starting in days on the engine you already have, without growing headcount.
- Certified talent in AI and agent skills
- Meet up to 3 AI Builders in 72 h
- Flexible collaboration models
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European clients across different industries
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Meet 3 certified candidates in under 72 h
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The talent mix your company needs
At Shakers you will find AI Engineers, Database Administrator and specialists across Tech, Product and Data
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DevOps Engineer
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Backend Developer
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Security Engineer
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Database Administrator: what this role brings to your project
A database administrator (also DBA) is who keeps a company's database available, protected and reasonably fast: they manage availability and high availability, backup and disaster recovery, performance tuning and security permissions.
The trade splits by engine: SQL Server, Oracle and MySQL live here, while PostgreSQL and MongoDB have their own specialists at Shakers. The demand is embedded: PostgreSQL appears in 1,593 live UK tech vacancies and MongoDB in 704 (n=39,811, September 2026).
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One provider. One contract. Full traceability
How Shakers works for your company
Post your project
Tell us about the project, its scope, the expertise you need and when you want to get to work.
You get three options
We match your brief against certified talent and introduce the three AI Builders who fit best.
The last word is yours
Meet the three specialists and choose who you collaborate with; we handle the rest.
Why work with Shakers
The advantages of adding this profile with Shakers
The critical database with an owner
Someone answers for the number: monitored availability, backup cadence and a contingency plan written, not promised.
Backups you can actually restore
A backup without a restore test is a hypothesis. The plan includes tested restores and cadence by criticality.
Tuning on SQL Server, Oracle and MySQL
Query and index tuning on the engine you already have: slowness is usually an execution plan, not an old server.
Administration without a permanent hire
Database administration by project, no hiring process: certified talent with your access and your windows.
Security and permissions in order
Roles, least privilege and access auditing: the database stops being the drawer where everyone is admin.
High availability at your scale
Replication and failover sized to your business: not every project needs the same level, and the plan says so.
Frequently asked questions
Any other questions? Our team will answer them.
Tell us your data projectWhat does a database administrator actually do?
Four things: keeps availability up, verifies backup and recovery, tunes performance and controls permissions and security. Everything that happens when the database cannot fail.
How much does a Database Administrator engagement cost?
Scope sets the price: which engine, which maintenance windows, what criticality and whether there are on-call rotations. The budget closes per project before starting.
Which engines does this role cover?
General administration: SQL Server, Oracle and MySQL. If your database is PostgreSQL or MongoDB, there is an engine-specific specialist in the same collective, with their own page.
External database consultant or in-house team?
The external fit is a workload that doesn't justify a full post or a punctual need: a migration, a backup plan, a performance review. The in-house team, a continuous flow.
Can database administration be done remotely?
Almost all of it: engines run in the cloud or an accessible data centre and on-call shifts happen remotely. Only some physical maintenance asks for presence.
What does a database administrator need to start?
Access to the engine, the instance inventory and one session to agree maintenance windows and backup policy. With that, the diagnosis arrives in days.
What gets delivered in the first weeks
Your database's real state documented: backups verified with restore tests, performance monitoring and the contingency plan nobody wants to need written down.
The umbrella and its specialists
General administration covers the market's classic engines: SQL Server, Oracle and MySQL. When the engine is PostgreSQL or the database is NoSQL on MongoDB, the role has its own page: every engine has its specialist.
The critical database allows no trial and error
A backup that was never restored is not a backup. An index badly touched at 10 a.m. costs more than the whole project. Experience here is not a luxury: it is the requirement.
When the workload doesn't justify a hire
Many companies need a DBA 20 percent of the time and cannot justify a full post. Capacity by project solves that: the database gets an owner and the payroll doesn't grow.
Connect with AI specialists to build your next project
Find specialists in Tech, Product, Data to complement your team
PostgreSQL DBA
The open-source engine specialist: migrations from Oracle, performance and high availability when your database is PostgreSQL.
MongoDB DBA
The NoSQL specialist: when data doesn't fit tables and scale is horizontal, the role administering MongoDB.
Backend Developer
Their applications write to your database: schemas, migrations and queries your administration sustains and watches.
AWS DevOps Engineer
The infrastructure the engine runs on: automation, snapshots and the cloud cost that carries the database.
The AI talent you need Certified by Shakers
We introduce you to three ready_to_build AI Builders in 72 hours.
