We are looking for an experienced SQL Database Administrator (DBA) to join a major financial services client as part of their Application Support Managed Services team.
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This is a long-term contract opportunity (12 months+) , ideally Melbourne-based, although we're flexible to consider strong candidates in other Australian locations.
The Role n
You'll be supporting business-critical SQL Server environments , with a strong focus on production support, database performance, deployments, patching, security and disaster recovery.
Key Skills & Experience n
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- Strong hands-on experience as a SQL Server DBA , ideally supporting large-scale, business-critical production environments.
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- Experience with SQL Server patching, upgrades, database failover and failback .
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- Strong capability across incident triage, troubleshooting and database performance investigation/tuning .
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- Experience supporting production deployments,
application releases and after-hours changes .
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- Strong understanding of Disaster Recovery (DR) processes, testing and production support.
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- Experience with user-access provisioning, SQL account management and password rotation .
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- Hands-on experience with database and environment refreshes .
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- Knowledge of certificate management, encryption and key rotation .
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- Experience with database monitoring, compliance reporting and vulnerability remediation .
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- Exposure to database tooling such as Delphix, Redgate, SQL Monitor, DDM and Erwin , including administration and upgrades.
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- Comfortable working within structured production support / managed services environments .
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- Strong communication skills and ability to work closely with engineering, application and business teams.
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Support Requirements n
The role will provide business-hours coverage across early and late shifts , alongside participation in a 24x7 on-call roster . Time in lieu will be provided for applicable after-hours support.