Senior Database Administrator

Overview

• Sydney CBD - Hybrid working options
• Salary + super

We are looking for an experienced Senior Database Administrator to join a well-established national organisation. This role owns the end-to-end performance, availability, security, and lifecycle management of the firm's enterprise database platforms, ensuring the databases supporting critical business systems remain reliable, secure, and optimised.

You'll be the go-to database subject matter expert, working closely with Infrastructure and IT teams to keep platforms running smoothly while contributing to architecture decisions and long-term technology roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage all production and non-production database environments, ensuring high availability, stability, performance, and data integrity
• Install, configure, maintain, monitor and optimise databases, including performance tuning and capacity planning
• Contribute to database architecture, design decisions and technology roadmaps
• Implement database security controls including access management, encryption and auditing
• Design, maintain and regularly test backup, recovery and disaster recovery capabilities
• Provide database support for key enterprise applications, ensuring reliable operation and upgrade readiness
• Develop and optimise SQL, stored procedures and scripts to support automation and reporting
• Partner with IT and business teams on projects involving data platforms, upgrades and migrations

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in senior database administration within enterprise environments
• Strong expertise in Microsoft SQL Server administration, performance tuning and high-availability architectures
• Proven experience with backup, recovery and disaster recovery planning and testing
• Solid understanding of database security, access control and data protection
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex database issues and document operational processes