Senior SQL Server & Azure DBA — Production Excellence

DXC Technology Company; Wellington; Sur place; NZD 120 000 - 170 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

DXC Technology is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to join our Wellington-based team, focusing on Microsoft SQL Server 2022+ and Azure SQL in production environments. You will ensure high availability, security, performance, and resilience, while driving automation, incident response, and continuous improvement within a large government client context.

Join a collaborative, on-site team with opportunities for professional growth and certifications, while contributing to mission-critical

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on experience as a SQL Server DBA in complex production environments.
• Strong expertise with Microsoft SQL Server 2022 or later.
• Proven experience managing and supporting Azure SQL environments.
• Skills in performance tuning, security, monitoring, backup/recovery, and disaster recovery planning.
• Experience with Incident, Problem, Change, and Release Management.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
• Commitment to continuous learning and knowledge sharing.

Responsabilités

• 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, including testing and documentation.
• Collaborate with application, cloud, infrastructure, and delivery teams to improve service reliability.
• Drive operational excellence through automation, processes, standards and documentation.
• Contribute scripting and development to optimize database administration activities.
• Participate in on-call support during priority incidents.

Connaissances

SQL Server DBA

Microsoft SQL Server 2022+

Azure SQL

Performance tuning

Security

Monitoring

Backup & recovery

Disaster recovery

Incident management

Communication

Description du poste

DXC Technology is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to join our Wellington-based team, focusing on Microsoft SQL Server 2022+ and Azure SQL in production environments. You will ensure high availability, security, performance, and resilience, while driving automation, incident response, and continuous improvement within a large government client context.

Join a collaborative, on-site team with opportunities for professional growth and certifications, while contributing to mission-critical