Senior Database Administrator

3112 CSC Solutions NZ Limited; Wellington; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career growth opportunities

Training and certification

Collaborative team

Job summary

DXC Technology in New Zealand is seeking an experienced Senior Database Administrator to maintain and optimize mission-critical SQL Server and Azure SQL platforms across production environments.

You will lead incident response, performance tuning, security, backup/recovery, and DR planning, collaborating with cross-functional teams while driving automation and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on SQL Server DBA experience in complex production environments.
• Strong expertise in SQL Server 2022+ and Azure SQL.
• Experience managing Azure SQL environments.
• Skills in: performance tuning, security and access management, monitoring, backup, recovery, and DR planning.
• Familiar with Incident, Problem, Change, and Release management processes.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to stay calm under pressure and make sound decisions.
• Commitment to continuous learning and knowledge sharing.

Responsibilities

• Ensure production database services remain secure, highly available, recoverable, and performant.
• Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve complex database incidents and performance issues.
• Manage database monitoring, maintenance, backup and recovery, patching, upgrades, and capacity planning.
• Develop and execute disaster recovery and business continuity strategies with testing and documentation.
• Collaborate with application, cloud, infrastructure and delivery teams to improve service reliability.
• Drive operational excellence through automation, standards, and documentation.
• Contribute scripting and development to optimize database administration activities.
• Participate in on-call support roster for priority incidents.

Skills

SQL Server DBA

SQL Server 2022+

Azure SQL

Performance tuning

Security & access

Monitoring

Backup & DR

Incident management

Root cause analysis

Communication

Continuous learning

Tools

Azure Cosmos DB

Azure Synapse

Azure Databricks

Oracle Database

Job description

Job Description: DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) is the world’s leading independent, end-to-end IT services company, helping clients harness the power of innovation to thrive on change. Created by the merger of CSC and the Enterprise Services business of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, DXC Technology serves nearly 6,000 private and public sector clients across 70 countries. The company’s technology independence, global talent and extensive partner alliance combine to deliver powerful next-generation IT services and solutions. DXC Technology is recognized among the best corporate citizens globally. For more information, visit www.dxc.technology Senior Database Administrator

Senior Database Administrator Location: DXC, Wellington , Christchurch, Auckland New Zealand. Employment Type: Full-Time Client: Major Government Departments Career Growth: Long-term opportunities with a growing organization

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Database Administrator to join our team and play a key role in maintaining, securing, and optimizing critical database platforms. This is a hands‑on operational role focused on Microsoft SQL Server 2022+ and Azure SQL, where you will be responsible for ensuring high availability, performance, security, and resilience across production environments. The ideal candidate will be a proactive problem solver who thrives in complex environments, enjoys tackling challenging incidents, and is passionate about continuous improvement, automation, and knowledge sharing.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure production database services remain secure, highly available, recoverable, and performant.
• Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve complex database incidents and performance issues.
• Manage database monitoring, maintenance, backup and recovery, patching, upgrades, and capacity planning activities.
• Develop and execute disaster recovery and business continuity strategies, including testing and documentation.
• Collaborate with application, cloud, infrastructure, and delivery teams to improve service reliability and operational efficiency.
• Drive operational excellence through automation, process improvements, standards, and documentation.
• Contribute scripting and development expertise to optimize database administration activities.
• Participate in an on-call support roster and provide assistance during priority incidents as required.

Required Skills & Experience

• Extensive hands‑on experience as a SQL Server DBA within complex production environments.
• Strong expertise with Microsoft SQL Server 2022 or later.
• Proven experience managing and supporting Azure SQL environments.
• Strong skills in: Performance tuning and optimization Database security and access management Monitoring and health checks Backup, recovery, and disaster recovery planning Troubleshooting and root cause analysis
• Experience working within formal Incident, Problem, Change, and Release Management processes.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and collaboration skills.
• Ability to remain calm and make sound decisions under pressure.
• Strong commitment to continuous learning and knowledge sharing.

Preferred Qualifications & Experience

• Microsoft Azure certifications.
• Experience with Azure Cosmos DB.
• Experience with Azure Synapse Analytics.
• Experience with Azure Databricks.
• Exposure to Oracle Database and/or Oracle Rdb environments.
• Experience with database development, scripting, automation, and DevOps practices.

Why Join Us?

Work with modern cloud and database technologies. Contribute to the reliability and performance of mission‑critical platforms. Be part of a collaborative and supportive team environment. Opportunities for professional growth, learning, and certification development.

You Might Be the Right Fit If You Are:

• An eager learner excited to grow your technical skills and work with the latest technologies.
• A fantastic communicator who follows through and ensures customer satisfaction.
• Someone who thrives in a dynamic, challenging, and rewarding environment.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a supportive and growing team.
• Work with a major government client on meaningful projects.
• Career development and training opportunities.
• A culture that values innovation, collaboration, and customer excellence.

Trust, Transform & Thrive with a company whose mission is to lead our clients on their digital transformation journey. DXC Technology is recognized globally as a force multiplier, enabling clients to seize the opportunities presented by today's rapidly changing technologies.

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DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) is a leading enterprise technology and innovation partner delivering software, services, and solutions to global enterprises and public sector organizations — helping them harness AI to drive outcomes at a time of exponential change with speed. With deep expertise in Managed Infrastructure Services, Application Modernization, and Industry‑Specific Software Solutions, DXC modernizes, secures, and operates some of the world's most complex technology estates. Learn more on dxc.com.