Senior Database Administrator - 24/7 Mission-Critical Ops

NSW Police Force; City of Parramatta; On-site; AUD 154,000 - 161,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work options

Purchase leave

Annual leave loading

Wellbeing programs

Salary packaging options

Gym facilities

Job summary

NSW Police Force is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to join the database support team. The role provides 24x7 support across Oracle, SQL Server, Informix and Adabas to ensure performance, availability and security of critical databases.

The successful candidate will manage patches, upgrades, tuning, incident resolution and disaster recovery planning, working across diverse environments to maintain system resiliency.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in day-to-day management and administration of multiple database environments.

Responsibilities

• Plan, schedule, and apply database patches, upgrades, and routine maintenance activities.
• Diagnose and resolve complex database issues promptly; 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 stability and reliability.
• Participate in 24x7 on-call roster for high availability.

Tools

Oracle

SQL Server

Informix

Adabas

Job description

NSW Police Force is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to join the database support team. The role provides 24x7 support across Oracle, SQL Server, Informix and Adabas to ensure performance, availability and security of critical databases.

The successful candidate will manage patches, upgrades, tuning, incident resolution and disaster recovery planning, working across diverse environments to maintain system resiliency.