Database Administrator (DBA) (AU Citizen with security clearance)

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The DBA is responsible for the operational management, security, performance, resilience and continuous improvement of database platforms supporting critical services.

Primary Responsibilities

• Operate and support SQL Server, PostgreSQL and AWS RDS environments.
• Maintain database availability, performance, capacity, backup and recovery capabilities.
• Manage database security, privileged access, credentials and compliance obligations.
• Support incident, problem, change and release management activities.
• Participate in on-call support and major incident response.
• Drive automation, monitoring, observability and operational improvements.
• Support application teams with deployments, troubleshooting and solution design.
• Assist with cloud modernisation, database upgrades and AWS multi-account initiatives.

Database

• SQL Server administration
• PostgreSQL administration
• Backup, recovery and disaster recovery
• Performance tuning and optimisation
• Database security and access management

Cloud

• AWS RDS
• AWS IAM and RBAC
• CloudWatch monitoring
• Highly available cloud platforms

Operations

• ITIL Incident, Problem, Change and Service Request Management
• Production support and troubleshooting
• Runbook development
• Capacity and performance management

Desirable Skills

• PowerShell, Python and automation scripting
• Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation, CDK, Terraform)
• SQL Always On
• PostgreSQL replication
• AWS multi-account environments
• FinOps and cost optimisation
• DevOps and CI/CD practices
• Container platforms (ECS)

Mandatory Requirements

Candidate must be an Australian Citizen with NV1 Security Clearance

What Success Looks Like

A successful DBA will:

• Maintain highly available and recoverable database platforms.
• Eliminate single points of failure.
• Automate routine operational activities.
• Deliver SQL Server and PostgreSQL lifecycle upgrades.
• Improve database performance and cost efficiency.
• Support Tax Time and other critical business events.
• Build internal capability and reduce reliance on external SMEs.