Senior SQL DBA: High-Availability & Performance Lead

Sime Motors; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Health & wellbeing support

High‑performing culture

Employee benefits

Job summary

Hastings Deering (Australia) Ltd is seeking a Senior SQL Database Administrator to join the IT team at the Archerfield office. You will ensure SQL environments are stable, secure and highly available to support critical business applications.

You will administer and optimise SQL Server environments, implement backup/DR, and provide expert guidance across projects while engaging with stakeholders and external partners.

Qualifications

• Tertiary IT qualification or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5 years in SQL Database Administration in an enterprise.
• Proficiency with SQL Server, HA solutions and AGs.
• Strong SQL scripting and data structure analysis.
• Experience in backup, DR and business continuity.
• Ability to translate technical concepts for stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain and optimise SQL Server environments for performance and availability.
• Monitor health, troubleshoot issues and perform tuning.
• Design and maintain backup, DR and BC solutions.
• Support projects with DB design, migration and integration.
• Ensure data security, governance and best-practice management.
• Provide Level3 support and manage external vendors as needed.
• Contribute to testing and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Identify optimisation opportunities and support enterprise architecture.

Skills

SQL Server administration

High availability/Always On

SQL scripting

Performance tuning

Security and governance

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

IT/CS degree or equivalent

Tools

Always On Availability Groups

Commvault backup solutions

Microsoft 365 / Exchange

Job description

Hastings Deering (Australia) Ltd is seeking a Senior SQL Database Administrator to join the IT team at the Archerfield office. You will ensure SQL environments are stable, secure and highly available to support critical business applications.

You will administer and optimise SQL Server environments, implement backup/DR, and provide expert guidance across projects while engaging with stakeholders and external partners.