Senior Database Administrator
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 include:
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

Experience needed:
5+ years' experience in senior database administration within enterprise settings
Solid 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

If you are interested - please apply for more information!

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