Hybrid Database Administrator & Data Integrity Champion

AI Talent; Sydney; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work options

Certification support

Wellbeing programme

Job summary

AI Talent in Sydney is seeking a skilled Database Administrator to own the design, implementation, and ongoing management of our database systems, ensuring data integrity, security, and performance.

You will collaborate with developers, analysts, and business stakeholders to translate data requirements into scalable solutions, implement backup strategies, enforce security, and optimise queries for reliability and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Database Administrator in enterprise environments.
• Hands-on responsibility for designing and managing database systems.
• Strong SQL skills and performance tuning expertise.
• Experience with backup, recovery, and DR strategies.
• Solid understanding of database security and access controls.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain database architecture and structures.
• Establish and maintain backup and recovery procedures.
• Enforce database security protocols and access management.
• Maintain comprehensive database documentation and procedures.
• Plan upgrades, patches, and migrations with QA processes.
• Monitor performance and optimize queries, indexing, and tuning.
• Collaborate with developers and stakeholders to translate data needs.
• Analyse systems and implement improvements for reliability and performance.
• Provide technical support for database incidents and outages.
• Ensure compliance with data governance and privacy principles.

Skills

SQL proficiency

DB design

Backup & DR

Database security

Performance tuning

Change management

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or equivalent

Tools

SQL Server

Oracle

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Job description

AI Talent in Sydney is seeking a skilled Database Administrator to own the design, implementation, and ongoing management of our database systems, ensuring data integrity, security, and performance.

You will collaborate with developers, analysts, and business stakeholders to translate data requirements into scalable solutions, implement backup strategies, enforce security, and optimise queries for reliability and efficiency.