Senior SQL Server DBA | AI-Driven, Cloud & HA Expert

Randstad Pty; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid work

Career development

Collaborative culture with growth

Job summary

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.

Qualifications

• 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.

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.

Skills

SQL Server expertise

Query tuning

Relational design

HA/DR

Tools

PowerShell

T-SQL

Job description

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.