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

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.

• →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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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