Database Specialist - Infrastructure Services

ASB; Auckland; On-site; NZD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

ASB Bank in Auckland seeks an experienced Database Specialist to design, operate and continuously improve enterprise database platforms within the Digital and Engineering Practice. You’ll translate complex requirements into reliable, scalable database solutions used by engineering teams and business stakeholders.

The role emphasizes availability, performance, automation, security and risk management, with opportunities to mentor others and adopt emerging database technologies.

Qualifications

• Experience designing, operating and improving enterprise database platforms.
• Strong understanding of database availability, performance, resilience, security and risk management.
• Ability to translate business needs into reliable database solutions.
• Excellent communication and collaboration with engineers, architects, vendors and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design, operate and continuously improve secure, scalable and resilient database platforms, ensuring strong availability, performance and recovery.
• Partner with engineers, architects and stakeholders to translate business needs into reliable database solutions.
• Manage database risk, security, controls and standards, while resolving complex incidents and minimising customer impact.
• Drive automation and continuous improvement to simplify operations and improve platform reliability.
• Provide technical leadership through mentoring and knowledge sharing.

Job description

Database Specialist - Infrastructure Services

At ASB, we’re all about doing what we can to help our customers get one step ahead. Technology plays a critical role in delivering secure, reliable and seamless experiences for our customers and our people.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Database Specialist to join our Digital and Engineering Practice and help shape, operate and continuously improve ASB’s enterprise database platforms.

As a Database Specialist, you’ll design and support reliable, secure and fit-for-purpose database platforms that enable better, safer and sooner outcomes for our customers and the teams who rely on them.

Working closely with engineers, architects, delivery teams and business stakeholders, you’ll translate complex requirements into stable and scalable database solutions. You’ll also play an important role in improving platform resilience, reducing operational effort through automation and strengthening database capability across ASB.

In this role, you will:

• Design, operate and continuously improve secure, scalable and resilient database platforms, ensuring strong availability, performance and recovery.
• Partner with engineers, architects and stakeholders to translate business needs into reliable database solutions.
• Manage database risk, security, controls and standards, while resolving complex incidents, completing root cause analysis and minimising customer impact.
• Drive automation and continuous improvement to simplify operations, reduce manual effort and improve platform reliability.
• Provide technical leadership through mentoring, knowledge sharing and adoption of emerging database technologies and best practices.

You’ll bring:

• Strong enterprise database expertise, with experience designing and supporting relational and non-relational databases in complex environments.
• Proven capability across database availability, performance, resilience, automation, security and risk management.
• Strong problem-solving skills, including investigating complex incidents and delivering sustainable solutions.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with engineers, architects, vendors and business stakeholders.
• Sound judgement under pressure, a continuous improvement mindset and a commitment to keeping your technical knowledge current

At ASB, we live our values every day:

These guide how we work together, support our customers, and deliver great outcomes.

He aha tā mātou | What we offer?

• The opportunity to work at the forefront of ASB’s data transformation
• A collaborative, supportive environment that values continuous learning
• The chance to influence how data is managed and used across the organisation
• Flexible working and strong focus on wellbeing