IT Infrastructure Database Administrator

About Us

City Building provides a range of repairs and maintenance, manufacturing, construction and refurbishment activities for Glasgow City Council and Wheatley Housing Group’s citizens and customers as well as other public, private and third sector organisations.

City Building operates both the largest construction craft apprenticeship programme in Scotland, and Royal Strathclyde Blindcraft Industries (RSBi), one of the largest supported manufacturing businesses in Europe, around 200 people, more than 50% of whom have a disability.

Our accreditations include, ISO45001, ISO 14001 and ISO 9001:2015. We currently hold Investors in Young People Platinum award, an award we are immensely proud of as it recognises our focus on investing in and growing a skilled staff base.

As a City Building employee, you’ll enjoy a competitive salary, excellent annual leave, and access to the Strathclyde Pension Fund. You will also benefit from wellbeing initiatives and discounted gym membership, supporting a positive and healthy work life balance.

About the Role

As an IT Infrastructure Database Administrator, you will be responsible for delivering and maintaining secure, resilient, and scalable database platforms and infrastructure services that support critical business operations.

You will act as a technical specialist, ensuring Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server environments are reliable, secure, and aligned with organisational needs. You will design, administer, and optimise database solutions across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments, managing performance, security, availability, recovery, upgrades, and migrations.

Working closely with internal teams and partners, you will support business-critical services, drive continuous improvement, ensure compliance with governance standards, and help safeguard organisational data while enabling reliable and high-performing database services.

What You Will Bring

You will have proven experience supporting Oracle Database and Microsoft SQL Server environments within complex enterprise infrastructures, with strong knowledge of database security, performance tuning, high availability, disaster recovery, backup and recovery, and business continuity.

You will be experienced in database administration across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments, including Microsoft Azure. You will possess strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.

Proactive and solution-focused, you will be capable of leading technical initiatives independently while working collaboratively to deliver secure, resilient, and high-performing database services. Relevant Oracle, Microsoft, Azure, or related certifications would be advantageous.

Please refer to the role profile for more information.

How to Apply

If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience for this role, please apply by midnight on Sunday 15th November 2026.