Senior Database Administrator – AWS, Terraform & DevOps

New Zealand Qualifications Authority; Wellington; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NZQA Staff Benefits

Job summary

New Zealand Qualifications Authority is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to join the Systems Team in Wellington. You will manage development, test, and production databases and support multiple environments.

The role involves tuning databases, ensuring availability and performance, and collaborating with application owners and cloud engineers on AWS RDS, Terraform, CDK, and Python automation. Azure experience welcomed.

Qualifications

• Experience building and administering multiple environments from a database perspective.
• Scripting skills and automation experience.
• Ability to work with cloud services and IaC tools.

Responsibilities

• Management of development, test, and production databases.
• Supporting project and operational application development teams.
• Carrying out testing and tuning in databases for multiple environments.
• Ensuring production applications meet availability, reliability, and performance targets.
• Working with AWS RDS, IaC (Terraform, CDK) and Python-based automation.
• Contributing to cloud-native solution design and cloud platform evolution.
• Azure experience welcomed.
• Providing access to high-quality data for key business areas.

Skills

AWS Cloud

Terraform

AWS CDK

Python

IaC

Scripting

Azure

Job description

New Zealand Qualifications Authority is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to join the Systems Team in Wellington. You will manage development, test, and production databases and support multiple environments.

The role involves tuning databases, ensuring availability and performance, and collaborating with application owners and cloud engineers on AWS RDS, Terraform, CDK, and Python automation. Azure experience welcomed.