Principal Database Automation Engineer

21 hours ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Expert360 Full time $150,000 - $180,000 per year
  • Title:
    Principal Database Automation Engineer
  • Location:
    Sydney, Australia
  • Work Model:
    Hybrid

About Expert360:

Expert360 empowers more than 42,000 (and growing) elite professionals around the world to find great work and be successful. We are Australia and New Zealand's #1 skilled talent network, where you can engage carefully hand-picked talent that plugs seamlessly into your team, goals, mission and culture, helping you strategically scale your team.

We believe in choice, flexibility and empowerment. We believe if you can change the world of work, you can change the world. Come and join us in defining and bringing to life the future of work

About the role:

As a Principal Database Automation Engineer in the Data Platform Services Practice Team, you will play a key leadership role in defining and driving the DevOps and SQL Infrastructure strategy across multiple platforms and products. This position requires strong technical expertise, architectural vision, and the ability to mentor and influence senior engineers while collaborating across business and technology teams.

You will lead initiatives that enhance client onboarding, maintenance, and review processes, contributing to the digitisation of the customer journey through scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructure solutions.

Key responsibilities:

  • Cloud Platforms: Advanced experience with MS Azure (preferred) and/or AWS, including networking, security, and identity management.
  • Infrastructure-as-Code: Mastery of tools such as Terraform, Ansible, ARM templates, and scripting languages (PowerShell, Ruby).
  • DevOps Toolchains: Proven leadership in implementing and managing toolchains including Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Bitbucket, Artifactory, Jira, and Chef.
  • SQL Infrastructure: Deep knowledge of SQL/PostgreSQL platforms, including performance tuning, high availability, and disaster recovery.
  • Containerisation: Expertise in OpenShift or Kubernetes platforms, including deployment, configuration, and lifecycle management.
  • Enterprise Experience: Demonstrated success in large-scale enterprise environments with complex dependencies and regulatory requirements.
  • Security & Compliance: Strong understanding of RBAC, Privilege Access Management, encryption, and secure provisioning practices.

To be successful in this role you will have:

  • Demonstrate strong technical leadership by designing and delivering scalable, secure, and automated database infrastructure solutions.
  • Mentor and guide engineering teams, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
  • Effectively align technical strategies with business goals to drive performance, resilience, and customer-focused outcomes.

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