SQL Database Administrator (DBA) - 12Mth Contract - Melbourne

Ingrity; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Ingrity seeks an experienced SQL Database Administrator (DBA) to join a major financial services client on a long-term contract, preferably Melbourne-based, with flexibility to consider other Australian locations.

You will support business-critical SQL Server environments, focusing on production support, database performance, deployments, patching, security and disaster recovery. Immediate start expected, 12 months+ contract, with business-hours coverage and 24x7 on-call roster.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience as a SQL Server DBA in large-scale production environments.
• Experience with SQL Server patching, upgrades, failover and failback.
• Strong troubleshooting and database performance tuning capabilities.
• Experience supporting production deployments and after-hours changes.
• Knowledge of Disaster Recovery processes and testing.

Responsibilities

• Support business-critical SQL Server environments with a focus on production support.
• Lead performance investigations and tuning activities.
• Manage deployments, patching, and security enhancements.
• Participate in 24x7 on-call roster with time in lieu for after-hours work.
• Oversee DR readiness and disaster recovery testing.

Skills

SQL Server DBA

Production support

Patching & upgrades

Disaster recovery

Troubleshooting / performance tuning

Security & access management

Deployment/Release experience

DR testing

Environment refreshes

Certificate management

Tools

Delphix

Redgate

SQL Monitor

DDM

Erwin

Job description

SQL Database Administrator (DBA) - 12Mth Contract - Melbourne

SQL Database Administrator (DBA) - 12 Month+ Contract

Melbourne preferred | Flexible location | Financial Services | Immediate Start | 12 months+

We are looking for an experienced SQL Database Administrator (DBA) to join a major financial services client as part of their Application Support Managed Services team.

This is a long-term contract opportunity (12 months+), ideally Melbourne-based, although we're flexible to consider strong candidates in other Australian locations.

The Role

You'll be supporting business-critical SQL Server environments, with a strong focus on production support, database performance, deployments, patching, security and disaster recovery.

Key Skills & Experience

• Strong hands-on experience as a SQL Server DBA, ideally supporting large-scale, business-critical production environments.
• Experience with SQL Server patching, upgrades, database failover and failback.
• Strong capability across incident triage, troubleshooting and database performance investigation/tuning.
• Experience supporting production deployments, application releases and after-hours changes.
• Strong understanding of Disaster Recovery (DR) processes, testing and production support.
• Experience with user-access provisioning, SQL account management and password rotation.
• Hands-on experience with database and environment refreshes.
• Knowledge of certificate management, encryption and key rotation.
• Experience with database monitoring, compliance reporting and vulnerability remediation.
• Exposure to database tooling such as Delphix, Redgate, SQL Monitor, DDM and Erwin, including administration and upgrades.
• Comfortable working within structured production support / managed services environments.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work closely with engineering, application and business teams.

Support Requirements

The role will provide business-hours coverage across early and late shifts, alongside participation in a 24x7 on-call roster. Time in lieu will be provided for applicable after-hours support.