Senior Database Administrator (SQL Server)

Randstad; Sydney; Híbrido; AUD 150.000 - 190.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Flexible hybrid work

Career development

Collaborative culture with growth

Descripción de la vacante

Randstad Pty seeks a Senior Database Administrator to optimize, secure, and future-proof thousands of SQL Server instances across on-premises and hybrid cloud platforms in a leading Australian financial institution.

You will drive AI-assisted query tuning, telemetry correlation, and automation to reduce toil while ensuring high availability and security and supporting cloud migrations. This role offers a hybrid work arrangement and clear career pathways.

Formación

• 8+ years managing enterprise SQL Server.
• expert in query tuning and relational design.
• specialized in HA/DR and Always-On Availability Groups.
• skilled in T-SQL and PowerShell automation.

Responsabilidades

• Platform Reliability & Governance: Maintain and optimize mission-critical SQL Server 2016+ environments, ensuring resilient high-availability setups using Always-On Availability Groups and WSFC.
• AIOps & Predictive Analytics: Apply AI-assisted query optimization, anomaly detection, and log correlation alongside Power BI trend reporting to forecast capacity and preempt performance bottlenecks.
• DevOps Automation: Write robust T-SQL and PowerShell automation scripts to handle unattended database provisioning, regular patching cycles, and maintenance routines.
• Cloud Architecture & Migration: Support cloud DBMS adoption across Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and AWS RDS for SQL Server.
• Incident Support & Security: Maintain least-privilege security controls, encryption, and auditing standards in compliance with banking regulations, participating in an on-call roster for major incident resolution.

Conocimientos

SQL Server expertise

Query tuning

Relational design

HA/DR

Herramientas

PowerShell

T-SQL

Descripción del empleo

Are you ready to safeguard and evolve an enterprise database estate operating at massive scale? Join a leading Australian financial institution committed to modernizing data infrastructure through automated engineering and predictive AI operations. You will work within a supportive, high-calibre technology environment where your database architecture choices directly impact millions of daily transactions.

About the Role

As a Senior Database administrator, your core mission will be to optimize, secure, and future-proof thousands of mission-critical SQL Server instances across on-premises and hybrid cloud platforms. You will combine deep database internals expertise with modern AIOps practices, utilizing telemetry, predictive modeling, and automation to streamline database management, enhance resilience, and eliminate operational toil.

What's in it for you

• Enterprise Impact: Lead the performance, capacity, and reliability strategies for one of the largest SQL Server footprints in the country.

• Modern Operational Tooling: Drive the adoption of AI-assisted query tuning, telemetry correlation, and cloud data services across Azure and AWS.

• Supportive & Flexible Culture: Benefit from a collaborative workplace that values technical growth, flexible hybrid working arrangements, and structured career pathways.

Key Responsibilities

• Platform Reliability & Governance: Maintain and optimize mission-critical SQL Server 2016+ environments, ensuring resilient high-availability setups using Always-On Availability Groups and WSFC.

• AIOps & Predictive Analytics: Apply AI-assisted query optimization, anomaly detection, and log correlation alongside Power BI trend reporting to forecast capacity and preempt performance bottlenecks.

• DevOps Automation: Write robust T-SQL and PowerShell automation scripts to handle unattended database provisioning, regular patching cycles, and maintenance routines.

• Cloud Architecture & Migration: Support cloud DBMS adoption across Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and AWS RDS for SQL Server.

• Incident Support & Security: Maintain least-privilege security controls, encryption, and auditing standards in compliance with banking regulations, participating in an on-call roster for major incident resolution.

At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.

key responsibilities

• Optimize and maintain high availability across thousands of enterprise SQL Server instances
• Implement AIOps and analytics workflows to forecast capacity and accelerate issue resolution
• Automate database provisioning, patching, and maintenance using PowerShell and T-SQL
• Design, test, and manage disaster recovery strategies including Always-On Availability Groups
• Partner with cross-functional engineering teams to support cloud database migrations and security controls

qualification

• 8+ years managing enterprise SQL Server
• expert in query tuning and relational design
• specialized in HA/DR and Always-On Availability Groups
• skilled in T-SQL and PowerShell automation