Senior DBA: SQL Server, PostgreSQL & AWS RDS

Accenture Australia; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Australia is seeking a Database Administrator to manage SQL Server and PostgreSQL platforms, including AWS RDS, security and performance. You will own backup, recovery, upgrades and cost optimisation while enabling cloud-based modernisation.

The role requires on-call support and collaboration with application teams in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate will have strong scripting, IaC and DevOps experience, with NV1 clearance and Australian citizenship.

Qualifications

• Australian citizen with NV1 security clearance.
• Experience administering SQL Server and PostgreSQL.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS) and RDS.
• Strong automation scripting and IaC skills.

Responsibilities

• Operate and support SQL Server, PostgreSQL and AWS RDS environments.
• Maintain database availability, performance, capacity, backup and recovery capabilities.
• Manage database security, privileged access, credentials and compliance obligations.
• Support incident, problem, change and release management activities.
• Participate in on-call support and major incident response.
• Drive automation, monitoring, observability and operational improvements.
• Support application teams with deployments, troubleshooting and solution design.
• Assist with cloud modernisation, database upgrades and AWS multi-account initiatives.

Skills

PowerShell

Python

Automation scripting

DevOps & CI/CD

Container platforms (ECS)

PostgreSQL replication

AWS multi-account environments

FinOps & cost optimisation

SQL Always On

CI/CD practices

Tools

AWS RDS

CloudWatch monitoring

AWS IAM & RBAC

Container platforms (ECS)

CloudFormation

CDK

Terraform

Job description

Accenture Australia is seeking a Database Administrator to manage SQL Server and PostgreSQL platforms, including AWS RDS, security and performance. You will own backup, recovery, upgrades and cost optimisation while enabling cloud-based modernisation.

The role requires on-call support and collaboration with application teams in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate will have strong scripting, IaC and DevOps experience, with NV1 clearance and Australian citizenship.