PostgreSQL DBA — Secure, High-Availability DB Ops

ShowTime Consulting; Canberra; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Showtime Consulting in Canberra is seeking an experienced PostgreSQL DBA to support key database platforms within a secure enterprise environment. You will administer, optimise, and secure PostgreSQL databases across production environments, collaborating with infra, applications, and engineering teams to ensure reliability and compliance.

The role emphasizes database performance tuning, backups, DR, and incident resolution within Defence-related contexts.

Qualifications

• Hands-on PostgreSQL administration experience.
• Experience supporting production databases.
• Experience in performance monitoring and tuning.
• Knowledge of backup, recovery, and disaster recovery processes.
• Experience implementing database security controls.
• Experience supporting highly available and business-critical database platforms.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working within Defence, government, or secure environments is highly regarded.
• Experience supporting compliance, operational resilience, and secure infrastructure environments is advantageous.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain PostgreSQL database environments.
• Manage database performance monitoring, tuning, and optimisation activities.
• Implement and maintain backup, recovery, and disaster recovery processes.
• Ensure database security, access controls, and compliance requirements are met.
• Support production database operations, upgrades, patching, and maintenance activities.
• Troubleshoot and resolve database incidents, performance issues, and operational problems.
• Support capacity planning, database health monitoring, and performance reporting.
• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, and engineering teams to support business-critical systems.
• Develop and maintain database documentation, standards, and operational procedures.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across database platforms and services.

Skills

PostgreSQL

Production databases

Performance tuning

Backup & DR

Database security

High availability

Troubleshooting

Defence/government experience

Compliance & resilience

Stakeholder communication

Job description

Showtime Consulting in Canberra is seeking an experienced PostgreSQL DBA to support key database platforms within a secure enterprise environment. You will administer, optimise, and secure PostgreSQL databases across production environments, collaborating with infra, applications, and engineering teams to ensure reliability and compliance.

The role emphasizes database performance tuning, backups, DR, and incident resolution within Defence-related contexts.