Senior Database Administrator

NSW Police Force; Sydney; On-site; AUD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work options

Job summary

The NSW Police Force is seeking an experienced Senior Database Administrator to join our database support team. You will provide 24x7 support for mission-critical systems across Oracle, SQL Server, Informix, and Adabas, ensuring performance, availability, and security.

You will work across multiple environments and participate in an on-call roster to maintain high availability. We value strong problem-solving, collaboration with stakeholders, and documented procedures.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in day-to-day management and administration of at least two of these database systems – Oracle, SQL Server, Informix and Adabas.
• Experience supporting mission critical, high availability systems with a 24/7 on-call roster.

Responsibilities

• Plan, schedule, and apply database patches, upgrades, and routine maintenance.
• Diagnose and resolve complex database issues; escalate to vendors to minimize downtime.
• Monitor database performance and implement tuning strategies to optimize system efficiency.
• Provide technical support for incident resolution and problem management.
• Support disaster recovery planning, testing, and execution.
• Maintain robust backup and recovery procedures.
• Perform day-to-day administration of multiple database environments to ensure stability.
• Participate in on-call roster to maintain high availability.
• Maintain system documentation, standards, and procedures.

Skills

Oracle

SQL Server

Informix

Adabas

On-call support

Strong communication

Job description

Job Title

Computer Systems Officer Level 5 • Temporary Full-Time up 30 June 2029 • Parramatta

About us

The NSW Police Force (NSWPF) is one of the largest police forces in the western world, with more than 20,000 employees, including more than 4,000 administrative employees who support the sworn officers that provide a range of law and order services 24 hours a day, seven days a week to the socially, geographically and culturally diverse community of NSW.

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Database Administrator to join our database support team. In this role, you will provide 24x7 support for NSWPF's mission-critical systems across multiple database technologies, ensuring the performance, availability, and security of databases platforms. To be successful in this role, you will have hands-on experience with at least two of the following database technologies: Oracle, SQL Server, Informix, and Adabas. While your level of expertise may vary across these platforms, you should be capable of supporting and working across a diverse range of database technologies and environments.

Key Responsibilities of the Role

• Plan, schedule, and apply database patches, upgrades, and routine maintenance activities.
• Diagnose and resolve complex database issues promptly; elevate unresolved problems to vendors to minimize downtime.
• Monitor database performance and implement tuning strategies to optimize system efficiency.
• Provide technical support for incident resolution and problem management.
• Support and participate in disaster recovery planning, testing, and execution.
• Implement and maintain robust backup, recovery, and disaster recovery procedures.
• Perform day-to-day support and administration of multiple database environments, ensuring their stability, reliability, and optimal performance.
• Participate in on-call roster to provide 24 hours/7 days per week support for database systems to maintain high availability and system resiliency.
• Maintain system documentation, standards, and procedures.

Qualifications and Experience

• Extensive experience in day-to-day management and administration of at least two of these database systems – Oracle, SQL Server, Informix and Adabas.
• Demonstrated experience in supporting mission critical, high availability systems including participation in a 24/7 on-call support roster to ensure continuous database availability.
• Extensive experience and expertise in database performance tuning, monitoring, and optimization.
• Demonstrated experience in planning, scheduling, and applying database patches, upgrades, and routine maintenance activities.
• Highly experienced in diagnosing and resolving complex database issues including incident resolution and problem management.
• Demonstrated experience in implementing high-availability database system.
• Demonstrated experience in disaster recovery planning, testing, and execution.
• Demonstrated experience in planning, implementing, and maintaining robust database backup and recovery procedures.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage technical and non-technical stakeholders.

What we can offer you

• competitive salary
• flexible work options
• opportunity to purchase leave
• annual leave loading
• corporate wellbeing programs including seminars and the Fitness Passport
• free annual influenza vaccination
• salary packaging options via superannuation contributions or a novated vehicle lease
• convenient location for public transport and to shops etc
• in-house gym facilities

To be eligible to apply for this role, you must meet one of the following statuses

• an Australian Citizen
• a permanent resident of Australia
• a New Zealand citizen

Prior to commencement, the successful candidate will be required to undergo a rigorous National Police (criminal history) Check and obtain and maintain a Security Clearance as determined by the NSW Police Force.

Our commitment to Diversity

The NSW Police Force, we are proud to be an employer of a diverse range of people. We are committed to reflecting the diverse community we serve and creating an inclusive and respectful workplace for all employees where differences are embraced, contributions are valued, and everyone has a sense of connection and belonging.

We welcome applications from individuals with diverse skills, experiences, and backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, LGBTQIA+ individuals, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, those from culturally and linguistically diverse communities, and people of all ages.

We understand that the recruitment journey may present unique challenges. If you:

• Identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and would like support with your application, please contact the NSWPF Aboriginal Employment & Engagement team at [e-mail]
• Identify as a person with disability and require further information on the role or adjustments to participate in the recruitment process, please contact the Inclusion & Diversity team at [e-mail]
• Are transgender or gender diverse and want to learn more about our support options, please contact the Inclusion & Diversity team at [e-mail]

This recruitment may be used to create a Talent Pool for similar future roles (ongoing or temporary) that may arise over the next 18 months.

For technical assistance please contact: [e-mail] (Please include the word Taleo in the subject line).

If you require any further information about this opportunity, please contact the hiring manager Devi Mishra via 0404 067 886.