Employment Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 30 May 2026 11:59pm
Job Title: Database Administrator
Telstra's looking for a Database Administrator with experience, to join a small, highly technical team supporting critical government environments. In this role, you'll be responsible for maintaining, optimising and supporting SQL and Oracle databases that underpin key applications and services.
What you'll do
* Manage and maintain SQL and Oracle database environments
* Perform database patching, upgrades and ongoing optimisation
* Diagnose and resolve performance and availability issues (e.g. slow performance, capacity constraints, infrastructure impacts)
* Support incident response, fault diagnosis and service restoration activities
* Collaborate with infrastructure teams to resolve cross-platform issues
About you
* Hold an active current Defence clearance to be considered (Minimum NV1)
* Proven experience working as a Database Administrator (DBA)
* Strong technical expertise across SQL and Oracle databases
* Experience performing database patching, upgrades and troubleshooting
* Confident working in operational environments, including incident response
* Highly competent, hands‐on technical capability (depth of skill more important than years of experience)
What we offer
* Performance‐related pay
* 16 weeks paid parental leave for primary and secondary carers
* Purchased annual leave scheme
* Access to thousands of learning programs so you can level‐up
* Additional Telstra day off for you to spend as you like
* Additional 30% off Telstra products and services
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