Oracle Database Administrator

1 week ago


Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Serco Full time $120,000 - $180,000 per year
  • Location: Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane
  • Permanent fulltime role.
  • Some after-hours or weekend work may be required.

Serco is a place where you can grow
Join a team of 12,000+ professionals across APAC and experience a place of challenge, opportunity, and reward.

Benefits
We offer lots of headroom for you to grow and flexible benefits to suit you in every stage of your life and career, including:

  • Opportunities for career progression and professional development
  • Supportive leadership and a collaborative team culture
  • Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package
  • Access to Serco's Employee Networks for diversity, inclusion, and belonging
  • Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance

Make an impact at Serco
As a Senior Database Administrator, you'll provide critical support for our database environment, driving innovation and ensuring high performance. You will work closely with internal teams and external government clients to deliver and maintain robust database solutions.

As a Senior Database Administrator in our Digital Services team, you'll make a positive impact by:

  • Managing the design, implementation, and maintenance of Oracle and MS SQL databases
  • Ensuring database security, backups, and recovery procedures are in place
  • Monitoring and improving the performance of Oracle and SQL database servers
  • Overseeing high availability and disaster recovery processes
  • Liaising with external vendors and clients for seamless operations
  • Providing on-call support and troubleshooting as required

Serco is a place for you
As this role supports government contracts,
Australian citizenship
is required. Some after-hours or weekend work may be required, consistent with the nature of DBA roles.

To Be Successful In This Role, You'll Have

  • A degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Proven experience with Oracle and SQL Server database administration in a medium-to-large organization
  • Oracle Database Appliance and Oracle KVM Virtualization experience would be an advantage
  • Proven expertise in IT operations with a deep understanding of database architecture, principles, and best practices
  • Extensive experience managing database administration tasks including backups, recovery, refreshes, sizing, performance tuning, and security
  • Proficiency in PL/SQL, T-SQL, and Oracle/Red Hat Linux server administration
  • Expertise in High Availability and Disaster Recovery, including Oracle Data Guard and Always On Availability Groups

As a fast-growing and successful global company, Serco's services span across the areas of justice, migration, Defence, space, customer services, health, and urban mobility. In joining us, you'll be part of a highly supportive culture with trusted leaders that will help you achieve your goals. Here, you will appreciate a flexible approach to work-life that comes with working at a company with long-term government-backed contracts.

Are you ready to do important work that really matters?
At Serco, we bring together the right people, the right technology, and the right partners to create impactful solutions that address some of the world's most urgent and complex challenges.

We focus on serving governments all over the globe. The work we do has touched the lives of millions in Australia, New Zealand, and Hong Kong, and offers unique opportunities to leverage your skills across our core capabilities in health, Defence, maritime, justice, immigration, and community services.

Impact a better future at Serco.



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