JR DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR

About CITY PEOPLE SOLUTIONS (CPS):

City People Solutions is a leading IT Consulting, multi-specialist and managed recruitment and talent hire services provider. We are recognized for our expertise and success in providing businesses with flexible, Motivated and performance-based workforce within the Australian marketplace.

Since our beginnings in 2016, the Australian Staffing Agency has grown in the spirit of providing professional services with a personal touch and exceeding the expectations of our customers. CPS provides quality labor solutions across a number of industry sectors including Industrial and commercial recruitment and focuses on helping our customers meet their staffing needs.

City People Solutions has built a strong company with a solid reputation based upon the company values of professionalism with a personal touch, respect for our customers and community, efficiency and responsiveness.

CPS provides training and on-the-job mentoring for all our staff to instill our values and help exceed our customers’ expectations in the work that they do.

We help businesses build what is genuinely meaningful to their customers. We find the best way to enable change from the inside and ensure that the positive changes we make are sustained long after we leave.

Find us at – cpsanz.com

Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Senior Database Administrator (DBA) to manage, optimize, and support mission-critical database environments across Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and PostgreSQL platforms. The successful candidate will ensure database performance, availability, security, integrity, and scalability while supporting enterprise applications and business operations.

This role requires deep technical expertise in database administration, performance tuning, backup and recovery, high availability, and database security. The DBA will work closely with application teams, infrastructure teams, architects, and business stakeholders to deliver robust and reliable database services.

Key Responsibilities

Database Administration & Operations

· Administer, maintain, and support Oracle, SQL Server, and PostgreSQL databases across production, test, and development environments.

· Perform database installation, configuration, upgrades, patching, migrations, and lifecycle management.

· Proactively monitor database health, capacity, availability, and performance.

· Ensure database services meet agreed service levels and operational requirements.

Performance & Optimization

· Analyze and resolve database performance issues using platform-native diagnostics and monitoring tools.

· Optimize SQL queries, stored procedures, indexing strategies, execution plans, and database configurations.

· Conduct performance assessments and recommend improvements for scalability, resilience, and efficiency.

· Implement tuning strategies for high-volume and business-critical enterprise workloads.

Backup, Recovery & High Availability

· Design, implement, and manage backup, restore, recovery, and retention strategies.

· Perform regular recovery testing and disaster recovery validation.

· Manage high availability, clustering, and replication technologies, including Oracle Data Guard and RAC, SQL Server Always On Availability Groups and Failover Clustering, and PostgreSQL streaming replication and high availability solutions.

Database Design & Development Support

· Collaborate with development teams on logical and physical database design, standards, and optimization.

· Participate in application deployments, release activities, and production readiness reviews.

· Review database changes and provide guidance on performance, supportability, and best practices.

· Support CI/CD initiatives and database automation.

Documentation & Governance

· Create and maintain database standards, operational procedures, and technical documentation.

· Develop runbooks, recovery procedures, support models, and architecture documentation.

· Participate in change management, incident management, problem management, and governance processes.

Qualifications

Essential

· Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.

· 3+ years of database administration experience in enterprise environments.

· Strong hands-on administration experience across Oracle, SQL Server, and PostgreSQL.

· Proven experience supporting large-scale, highly available production database environments.

· Experience participating in on-call support, incident resolution, root-cause analysis, and service improvement.

Preferred Certifications

· Oracle Certified Professional (OCP).

Personal Attributes

· Strong analytical, diagnostic, and problem-solving capability.

· Clear communication and effective stakeholder management.

· Ability to work independently and collaboratively across cross-functional teams.

Commitment to operational excellence, automation, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement

How to Apply:

Please apply using the link below or mail kish.c@citypeoplesolutions.com.au further details.

Applications closes based on the volume of applications received.

This is an opportunity to work somewhere you can truly be proud of your contribution. If this sounds like a role for you, let us know how you best fit the specific skills, and apply today with your cover letter and CV.

CPS is an equal opportunity employer that actively embraces diversity in its workforce through accurate community representation of gender, culture; thought and work arrangements