Database Administrator: SQL Server, PostgreSQL & Azure

People First Bank; City of Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working arrangements

Discounts on banking services

Training and project opportunities

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

People First Bank is seeking a Database Administrator to safeguard enterprise databases across SQL Server, PostgreSQL and Azure SQL Database. You will balance ongoing operational support with project delivery, driving automation and data-driven improvements.

You will collaborate with the Data & Insights team and stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable database solutions, supporting disaster recovery testing and on-call activities.

Qualifications

• Strong experience administering and supporting SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and Azure SQL Database environments.
• Expertise in design, performance tuning, backup/recovery, and security management.
• Experience with high-availability architectures, replication, clustering, and disaster recovery strategies.
• Knowledge of ETL processes and BI platforms such as Power BI, Tableau, or QlikView.
• Experience with cloud database platforms including Azure and AWS RDS.
• Strong SQL development skills, including query optimisation and stored procedures.
• Excellent troubleshooting, analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, communication, and documentation skills.
• Knowledge of security and regulatory frameworks including ISMS, Essential 8, CPS 234 and CPS 230.

Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain, and optimise enterprise database platforms including SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and Azure SQL Database.
• Monitor database performance, capacity, availability, and health to ensure resilient services.
• Design and implement database security controls, backup strategies, disaster recovery solutions, and high-availability architectures.
• Collaborate with Data & Insights team to support ETL processes, reporting requirements, and data optimisation initiatives.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex database issues, working with application, infrastructure, vendor and MSP teams.
• Support database upgrades, lifecycle management, and implementation of new technologies.
• Drive automation and continuous improvement to increase operational efficiency and reliability.
• Provide expertise in SQL development, query optimisation, indexing, schema design, and best practices.
• Contribute to project delivery ensuring secure, compliant, and performance-optimised solutions.
• Maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and DR testing/support.

Skills

SQL Server

PostgreSQL

Azure SQL Database

Query optimisation

Backup & recovery

Security management

High-availability architectures

ETL / BI tools knowledge

Cloud databases (Azure/AWS)

Troubleshooting & analytics

Documentation & governance

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

QlikView

Job description

People First Bank is seeking a Database Administrator to safeguard enterprise databases across SQL Server, PostgreSQL and Azure SQL Database. You will balance ongoing operational support with project delivery, driving automation and data-driven improvements.

You will collaborate with the Data & Insights team and stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable database solutions, supporting disaster recovery testing and on-call activities.