Senior Oracle & SQL Database Administrator Brisbane | 12 month Contract Opportunity | Competitive Daily Rate Join a large, enterprise-scale ICT environment supporting critical statewide systems within a complex, multi-platform landscape. This is a hands-on opportunity for an experienced Database Administrator to work across both operational support and project delivery. The Role You will provide high-level database administration and support across production and non-production environments, ensuring performance, availability, and security across on-premise and cloud platforms. You'll also act as a senior escalation point and contribute to continuous improvement across database services. Key Responsibilities Administer and support Oracle (OCI, Exadata, Data Guard, RAC, TDE), SQL Server, and PostgreSQL (AWS RDS) Install, configure, patch, upgrade, and monitor database environments Manage backups, restores, refreshes, and data extractions Investigate and resolve performance, security, and availability issues Develop automation and scripting (Linux/Windows, PL/SQL, T-SQL) Provide Level 3 support and manage vendor engagements (Oracle & Microsoft) Support HA/DR, monitoring, and enterprise database tooling Contribute to release, change, and operational documentation processes Provide technical guidance and mentoring across teams About You Strong DBA experience across Oracle, SQL Server, and PostgreSQL Hands-on experience with OCI and AWS RDS Proven capability in performance tuning, backup/recovery, and high availability Solid scripting skills across enterprise environments Experience supporting large, mission-critical systems Strong stakeholder engagement and problem-solving capability On-Call Requirements Participation in a 24/7 on-call roster (as required) Weekly allowance plus standard rates for call-outs Why Apply? Work within a large, high-impact government environment Exposure to complex, enterprise-scale systems and cloud platforms Long-term contract with a high-performing team
