Top Database Administrator Jobs in Sydney

Administer, optimise, secure and support enterprise Microsoft SQL Server environments. Responsibilities include performance monitoring and tuning, high availability, backup and disaster recovery, database design, migrations, integrations, testing, governance, Level 3 support, vendor management and continuous improvement. The role provides technical guidance to stakeholders and project teams while ensuring reliable, scalable database solutions for critical business applications.

Manage and administer enterprise database platforms for targeting systems, including performance tuning, backups and recovery, security controls, and stakeholder knowledge sharing.

Maintain availability, security, and performance of SQL Server and PostgreSQL environments. Perform installations, upgrades, patching, backups, recovery, replication, clustering, and disaster recovery. Support migrations (on-premises→cloud, SQL Server→PostgreSQL), troubleshoot performance and connectivity, contribute automation via Ansible/GitHub Actions and scripting, work with cloud/DevOps/app teams, and maintain documentation and standards.

Design, deploy and support scalable, highly available AWS Aurora/RDS databases; troubleshoot performance incidents on a 24/7 roster; build automation and operational playbooks; mentor team members and document systems to support migrations and critical projects.