Senior SQL Server DBA - AI-Driven, Hybrid Cloud Operations

HR Partners; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad seeks a Senior Database Administrator to safeguard and evolve an enterprise SQL Server estate across on-premises and hybrid cloud platforms. You will optimize, secure and future-proof thousands of mission-critical instances using telemetry, AI operations, and automation to reduce operational toil.

You will implement Always-On availability, WSFC, and cloud migrations to Azure SQL Database/Managed Instance and AWS RDS for SQL Server, while applying AI-assisted tuning and Power BI

Qualifications

• Extensive SQL Server administration across 2016+ platforms.
• Experience with Always-On Availability Groups and WSFC.
• Proficiency in PowerShell and T-SQL 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

T-SQL

PowerShell

AIOps

Predictive analytics

Power BI

Tools

Azure SQL Database

Azure SQL Managed Instance

AWS RDS for SQL Server

Job description

Randstad seeks a Senior Database Administrator to safeguard and evolve an enterprise SQL Server estate across on-premises and hybrid cloud platforms. You will optimize, secure and future-proof thousands of mission-critical instances using telemetry, AI operations, and automation to reduce operational toil.

You will implement Always-On availability, WSFC, and cloud migrations to Azure SQL Database/Managed Instance and AWS RDS for SQL Server, while applying AI-assisted tuning and Power BI