Database Administrator
Deloitte Services Pty Ltd · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Business Consulting and Services · 10,001+ employees
About the role
The Database Administrator will manage and optimize database environments across development, test, and production to ensure high performance, security, and reliability. Responsibilities include monitoring system health, tuning queries, managing access controls, and performing incident triage and root cause analysis.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates must have at least 4 years of hands-on database administration experience with strong SQL Server capabilities and Australian citizenship. Proficiency in performance tuning, security, and ITSM disciplines is required, along with the ability to work collaboratively across cloud and on-premise environments.
Benefits
Full description
Job Requisition ID: 41161
- Help shape the reliability, security and performance of critical SQL Server environments across on-prem and cloud platforms
- Thrive in an innovative, collaborative people culture
- Build relationships with in-person connection across our teams and clients, with flexibility to balance work and life
Join Deloitte as a Database Administrator in Sydney, with hybrid working, where you’ll take hands-on ownership of stable, secure and high-performing data platforms while helping reduce risk and strengthen operational resilience.
What will your typical day look like?
This role is centred on administering and optimising database environments across development, test and production. That could mean monitoring health, capacity and performance, tuning queries and indexes, or identifying bottlenecks and recommending improvements. You’ll also manage core controls like access, permissions, encryption, backups and restore validation, with an eye on high availability and disaster recovery readiness.
When issues arise, you’ll work across incident triage, restoration, root cause analysis and change management to resolve problems and prevent them from happening again. The work matters because it directly improves reliability, security and business outcomes, while keeping compliance evidence clear, accurate and audit ready.
You’ll collaborate closely with engineers, application teams, service management, and data and platform teams across Azure and AWS environments. It’s a role for someone who enjoys hands-on problem solving, structured operational ownership, and continuously improving the way platforms are run.
About the team
The DBA team are an internal ITS team within the Enterprise Application Services (EAS) team. They work closely with data engineers, developers, analysts, 3rd level support, infrastructure, project teams and business stakeholders.
You’ll be part of a team focused on keeping Deloitte’s data platforms stable, secure, compliant and performant. Their work spans production support, operational improvement, cloud platform monitoring, risk and control uplift, and partnering with technical teams to improve supportability and reduce operational risk over time.
Enough about us, let's talk about you
• Australian citizenship is required for this role
You may have all or some of the following skills/experiences:
- 4+ years’ hands-on database administration experience, with strong SQL Server capability across administration, performance tuning, backups/restores, security and production troubleshooting
- Experience supporting database environments across development, test and production, with strong monitoring, optimisation and reliability practices
- Strong diagnostic skills, with the ability to isolate issues across application, database, infrastructure and network layers
- A practical understanding of ITSM disciplines like incident, problem and change management, ideally in regulated environments
- A security and compliance mindset, including access governance, audit trails, documentation and evidence-ready operational records
- Clear communication, sound judgement under pressure, and a proactive approach to continuous improvement
- Experience with Azure SQL, AWS RDS, PostgreSQL, SQL coding or PowerShell scripting would be highly regarded
- Exposure to Databricks or Azure Data Factory (ADF) would be a bonus
Why Deloitte?
At Deloitte, we focus our energy on interesting and impactful work. We're always learning, innovating and setting the standard; making a positive difference to our clients and our society. We put coaching at the heart of what we do, helping our people grow their careers in any direction – whether it be up, moving into something new, or even moving across the world.
We embrace diversity, equity and inclusion. We have a diverse collection of people from different backgrounds, with different experiences, gender identities, abilities and thinking styles. What binds us together is a shared commitment to value everyone's perspective and to cultivate inclusion; so that our work environment is a safe space we can all belong.
We value in-person connection with our clients and our colleagues. We offer several ways for you to work flexibly so that you can serve your clients, stay connected with your team, and manage your personal priorities.
We help you live and work well. To support your personal and professional life, we offer a range of perks and benefits, including retail discounts, wellbeing leave, paid volunteering days, twelve flexible working options, market-leading parental leave and return to work support package.
Next Steps
Sound like the sort of role for you? Apply now, we'd love to hear from you!
By applying for this job, you’ll be assessed against the Deloitte Talent Standards. We’ve designed these standards so that you can grow in your career, and we can provide our clients with a consistent and exceptional Deloitte employee experience globally. The preferred candidate will be subject to background screening by Deloitte or by their external third-party provider.
