Lead Data Platform Administrator

randstad digital australia; Canberra; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad Digital is seeking a Canberra-based Database Administrator for a 12 month contract. You will design, administer and optimise enterprise databases (MS SQL/PostgreSQL/MySQL) across dev to production, applying security controls and HA patterns.

You will support upgrades, patching and data migrations while collaborating with developers and CMS/API teams. Experience with AWS RDS/Aurora and Drupal or similar CMS is desirable.

Qualifications

• Experience administering enterprise databases (e.g. MS SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL/MariaDB).
• Security controls, backups, recovery and high-availability patterns per governance/audit.
• Upgrades, patches, testing and issue resolution processes.
• Strong SQL skills and collaboration with developers/technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, administer, and maintain schemas, tables, and views across dev, test, staging, prod.
• Optimise indexes, queries, and storage to meet strict SLAs.
• Apply security hardening, access controls, encryption, patching per frameworks.
• Backup, disaster recovery planning and testing activities.
• Collaborate with developers to optimise queries and data integration (CMS/APIs).

Skills

Database administration

MS SQL

PostgreSQL

MySQL/MariaDB

Performance tuning

Security controls

Backups & recovery

High availability

SQL skills

Collaboration with developers

CI/CD awareness

Cloud experience (AWS)

Tools

Drupal CMS

APIs

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

• 12 month contract
• Canberra based
• Australian Citizens ONLY
• NV1 security clearance required

Randstad Digital (Formerly Finite Recruitment)

Randstad Digital was announced on August 30, 2023, under the umbrella of Randstad, the world's largest talent company and a partner of choice to clients. Our 46,000 employees around the world make a positive impact on society by helping people to realize their true potential throughout their working life. In 2022, in our 39 markets, we helped more than 2 million people find a job that feels good and advised over 230,000 clients on their talent needs.

Responsibilities

• Design, administer, and maintain schemas, tables, and views across development, test, staging, and production environments. Optimise indexes, queries, and storage to meet strict SLAs.
• Apply security hardening, access controls, encryption, and patching in line with the security frameworks and audit requirements.
• Implement backup, recovery, and fail over procedures; contribute to disaster recovery planning and testing.
• Collaborate with developers to optimise SQL queries, refine data access patterns, and support CMS (Drupal) and API-driven data integration's.
• Provide specialist troubleshooting for database-related incidents, support data migrations, and maintain version-controlled change documentation

Essential skills

• Experience administering enterprise databases (e.g. MS SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL/MariaDB), including performance tuning, monitoring and capacity planning.
• Experience implementing security controls, backups, recovery and high-availability patterns in line with governance and audit requirements.
• Ability to support upgrades, patches and structured change processes, including testing and issue resolution.
• Strong SQL skills and experience collaborating with developers and technical teams to optimise queries and data design.

Desirable skills

• Experience with AWS database services (e.g. RDS/Aurora, snapshots, Performance Insights) and cloud-hosted operational patterns.
• Experience supporting web platforms or CMS technologies (Drupal desirable) and data integration's with APIs.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated database deployment or schema management.
• Experience working in multi-disciplinary Agile delivery teams.

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