Database Engineer

NTT DATA, Inc.; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA, Inc. seeks an experienced Database Administrator to support enterprise database environments, focusing on SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and Azure SQL Database across cloud platforms in a high-performance technology team.

You will design, tune, backup, and secure databases, implement high-availability and disaster recovery, and collaborate with stakeholders while automating tasks using PowerShell or Python within CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience administering SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and Azure SQL Database.
• Experience in backup, recovery, performance tuning, and security management.
• Experience with cloud databases (Azure, AWS RDS) and high-availability architectures.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and Azure SQL Database environments.
• Design databases, tune performance, implement backups and recovery.
• Ensure security, high availability, and disaster recovery across cloud platforms.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and automate tasks via scripting.

Skills

SQL Server

PostgreSQL

Azure SQL

High Availability

Cloud Platforms

SQL Development

Automation Scripting

CI/CD

Troubleshooting

Stakeholder Communication

Tools

PowerShell

Python

CI/CD Tools

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Database Administrator (DBA) to join a high-performing technology team supporting critical enterprise database environments. This is an excellent opportunity for a database professional with strong expertise across SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and cloud-based database platforms to contribute to the stability, performance, and security of business-critical systems.

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong hands-on experience administering and supporting SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and Azure SQL Database environments.
• Demonstrated experience in database design, performance tuning, backup and recovery, and security management.
• Strong knowledge of high-availability architectures, replication, clustering, and disaster recovery practices.
• Experience managing databases in cloud environments, including Microsoft Azure and AWS RDS.
• Advanced SQL development skills, including query optimisation, indexing strategies, and stored procedure development.
• Experience monitoring database health, capacity planning, and performance analysis.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving capabilities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience with database automation and scripting (PowerShell, Python, or similar).
• Exposure to DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code principles.
• Relevant Microsoft, PostgreSQL, AWS, or cloud certifications.

If you are passionate about database performance, reliability, and cloud technologies, we'd love to hear from you.