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Enterprise Database Administrator (DBA)

Job No: WaterNSW3198
Location: Parramatta


Ready to make a splash in your career? WaterNSW is seeking an experienced Enterprise Database Administrator (DBA) (Full Time, Permanent) to join our team.  

This is an opportunity to work with an essential organisation creating a more sustainable future for the state.  

This role offers the flexibility to work around life, your contribution will be valued, and you’ll be supported to build a rewarding career. 

 

Our perks and Benefits:

At WaterNSW, we believe that our employees should be as well taken care of as our rivers, dams, and pipelines, that’s why we offer a load of benefits.  

  • Flexible working  

  • Work a 9-day fortnight at Full pay on the Enterprise Agreement  

  • Up to 16 weeks paid parental leave  

  • Fertility leave  

  • Corporate wear allowance  

  • Professional development and educational assistance  

  • Access to remote area benefit packaging – based on work location

  • Salary starting from $137,125 + 12% Super  

  • And so much more! 

 

What you’ll do:

  • Deliver and manage highly available, performant, and scalable database platforms across on-premises and cloud environments to support business-critical applications and services.
  • Ensure data is kept secure enterprise wide, and maintain strong security postures by enforcing access controls, encryption, data masking and monitoring, while ensuring compliance with internal policies and external regulatory requirements.
  • Guarantee data recoverability and service continuity by implementing and validating backup, restore, and disaster recovery strategies tailored to both cloud and on-premises systems.
  • Continuously monitor and tune database performance and resource usage, while proactively tracking and analysing costs to ensure the delivery of reliable, responsive, and cost-efficient database services.
  • Drive continual improvement initiatives to maximise value and minimise unnecessary expenditure, including adoption of new database technologies and collaborating with developers to optimise code.
  • Streamline database provisioning, security, configuration, and maintenance by applying repeatable, automated processes using infrastructure-as-code and scripting tools.
  • Oversee the management and optimisation of cloud-based data management and transformation services (such as Azure Data Factory, Data Explorer, managed PostgreSQL, and related platforms) to support evolving business needs.


What we are looking for:  

  • Tertiary qualifications in Information Technology, Information Systems, Computer Science, or equivalent industry experience
  • Relational database, data modelling, and database management
  • Azure cloud technologies and Microsoft SQL Server
  • Extensive expertise in database design, installation, configuration, administration and migration at a senior level
  • Experience with modern data pipelines, data streaming, and real-time analytics tools
  • Experience designing, developing, supporting, and managing data warehousing technologies
  • Current NSW Drivers Licence

 

How we will support you: 

At WaterNSW, we balance flexibility – and the way we work – with the needs of the business, our teams, and us as individuals.

When it comes to working in an office, we work in a hybrid way. If you’re required to be in the field or on site, the benefits of flexibility can be achieved in other ways, such as through a condensed work week.

 

We are proud to be a WORK180 Endorsed Employer and are committed to providing equal opportunities for women. Visit our WORK180 page to access our benefits and career development opportunities. 

 

More about our team / culture:

No matter how or where you work, safety is the number one priority. This means the physical and mental safety of you, your colleagues, and the public.

 

Who is WaterNSW? 

WaterNSW operates the state’s dams, capturing and storing water, and then supplying it ready for distribution – for the environment, agriculture, industry and the community. With 41 major dams and hundreds of waterways across the state, we play a vital role at the source of the state’s water, delivering two thirds of all water used in NSW.   

We’re the people taking care of the state’s water at the source – capturing, storing, delivering. Find out more at waternsw.com.au. 

 

For more information, please reach out to: Nathan Hollis (Nathan.Hollis@waternsw.com.au )

  

Please note applications for this position will close on 12 December 2025, 5.00 pm.

 

Click for Position Description - Please note this can only be accessed on the WaterNSW Careers Page. 

 

You must have full work rights in Australia to qualify for all positions at WaterNSW.  

  

We are a 2025 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant. 

  


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