Staff Database Reliability Engineer (SQL Server/PostgreSQL)

Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia. Only Australian permanent residents and Australian citizens can be considered.

Company

A workforce operating platform providing workforce insights, productivity tools, and people-focused AI for organizations across industries.

What you will do

• Manage and optimize large-scale SQL Server and PostgreSQL environments supporting business-critical 24/7 services.
• Improve database availability, performance, security, scalability, high availability, replication, and disaster recovery.
• Lead incident response for critical production issues, perform root cause analysis, and drive operational improvements.
• Develop observability strategies using monitoring and alerting tools to improve service reliability and performance.
• Contribute to cloud migration, capacity planning, cost optimization, and managed database initiatives.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to DBAs while standardizing operational practices and automation.

Requirements

• 9+ years of experience as a Production DBA.
• Extensive production SQL Server experience and strong PostgreSQL administration skills.
• Experience with high-availability architectures, performance tuning, replication, and database troubleshooting in complex enterprise environments.
• Strong automation and scripting skills using PowerShell, Python, or similar technologies.
• Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Australian permanent residency or Australian citizenship is required.

Nice to have

• Experience with cloud platforms, managed database services, Infrastructure as Code, and CI/CD practices.
• SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or cloud-platform certifications.

Culture & Benefits

• Participation in a 24/7 support model with on-call rotations and occasional out-of-hours support for critical incidents.
• Opportunity to work on complex, high-impact database systems.
• Focus on continuous learning, operational excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Benefits and workplace flexibility are provided as part of the employment package.