Job Description
Parramatta | 6 month contract - view of extension | $****/day | Hybrid, 3 days in office
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A major critical-infrastructure organisation is looking for a Database & Reporting Specialist to take ownership of the reliability, security and future direction of its database and reporting platforms.
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This is not a narrow BAU DBA role. You'll sit at the intersection of operational excellence and technology modernisation-supporting a complex enterprise environment while helping shape its transition toward Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
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You'll be the technical owner across Oracle and SQL database services: keeping production platforms secure, performant, recoverable and fit for a 24x7 business. You'll also have the opportunity to drive automation, strengthen lifecycle and resilience practices, and work closely with architecture, security, delivery teams and external service providers.
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What you'll be doing
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Own the operational health, performance, security and availability of Oracle and SQL database platforms.
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Support and contribute to the organisation's OCI journey and wider database modernisation roadmap.
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Lead database lifecycle activity including upgrades, patching, capacity planning, performance tuning and platform improvements.
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Improve automation and orchestration across database operations to increase reliability, efficiency and scalability.
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Design, test and maintain high-availability, backup, disaster-recovery and business-continuity capabilities.
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Work across incidents, problems, changes and service requests within an ITIL-aligned environment.
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Help govern database and reporting platforms against cyber-security and critical-infrastructure requirements.
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Partner with business stakeholders, technology teams and managed-service providers to deliver sustainable outcomes.
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Support consolidation and improvement of reporting platforms and services.
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What we're looking for
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Strong experience as an Oracle DBA, Database Engineer, Database Specialist or similar senior database-platform professional.
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Hands‐on Oracle and SQL database experience in a large, complex or regulated environment.
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Genuine experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), ideally supporting or moving enterprise database workloads into the platform.
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Strong knowledge of database performance, backup and recovery, HA/DR, patching, upgrades and capacity management.
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Exposure to automation and orchestration‐Terraform, Ansible, Python, PowerShell or similar tooling is highly regarded.
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Comfortable operating in a 24x7 environment with mature incident, problem and change‐management practices.
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A security‐first mindset, with awareness of standards such as ISO *****, ACSC guidance or critical‐infrastructure controls.
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Reporting‐platform exposure‐such as SSRS, Power BI or enterprise reporting services‐is beneficial, though the core requirement is database and OCI capability.
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This is a great chance for someone who enjoys the technical depth of database engineering but wants broader ownership, influence and transformation exposure than a traditional DBA role offers.

📌 Database And Reporting Specialist (Sydney)
🏢 Talenza
📍 Sydney