Database Administrator (Dba)

Build the Next Generation of Fintech products right here in your own backyard.

Driven by solving interesting problems at a large scale?
While delivering award-winning customer experience to millions of daily active users?

The Engineering team is responsible for the technology to help millions of customers on their daily life banking needs and help customer in their financial journey.

How will I help?

This role is within Group tech Digital. This team uses a wide range of technologies to design, architect, develop and support solutions for both internal and external customers.

Core Responsibilities in the role will include -

• Collaborate with team members in a cross-functional team to deliver world-class and high-quality products for Westpac Digital platform.
• Designing, developing, and delivering innovation solutions to optimise the performance of databases, software, and systems.
• Good communication, analytical and problem-solving capabilities with strong attention to detail
• Specialises in Performance Tuning and Query Optimisation to identify and solve performance issues and data modelling concepts.
• Configures and manages HADR and 3rd party backup solutions, such as AlwaysOn, Clustering, Log-shipping, Mirroring and Replication.
• Lead the diagnosis and resolution of complex issues to ensure effective development, maintenance, and support of applications.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies.
• Provide technical guidance/coaching/mentoring to other engineers.
• Contribute to growing the engineering community through our grad and intern programs.
• Contribute and be an advocate to the wider development and engineering community through participation in development guilds for knowledge sharing and learning.

You will play an important and significant part in the future of a business that has been around for 200 years. Our vision is to become one of the world's great service companies. So, we will back you in the development of your career, with internal career prospects and flexible working. You will also be backed by a fantastic team of people in a can-do, supportive structure.

What do I need?

Mandatory skills:

• Passion for delivering quality customer experience as well as writing quality and highly performant Database scripts, Jobs for scalability.
• Sound experience in application architecture design patterns and development practices.
• Knowledge and experience of Microsoft SQL Server 2012/2016 and higher versions.
• Sound knowledge and experience of data migration strategies, Scripting, Data modelling and mapping in complex integrated environment.
• Configures and manages HADR and 3rd party backup solutions, such as AlwaysOn, Clustering, Log-shipping, Mirroring and Replication
• Specialises in Performance Tuning and Query Optimisation to identify and solve performance issues and data modelling concepts.
• Excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills.
• Knowledge of common development tools such as Git, Bitbucket, Powershell, Sonar, etc
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills
• Be a team player

• Be up to date with latest trends in technology with a passion to bring new ideas to turn to reality.
• Experience on cloud technologies will be added advantage.
• Experience working with Agile development methodology using tools such as JIRA, Confluence etc.
• Experience of working in environment with multiple integration systems

We aim to provide one big, supportive team to help us achieve our purpose of creating better futures together . As an equal opportunity employer, we're proud to have created a culture and work environment that values diversity and flexibility - and champions inclusion.

How do I apply?

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At Westpac we are committed to providing a supportive culture and creating diverse, inclusive, and accessible workplaces, branches, products and services for our customers, employees, and community. This role is open to experienced candidates seeking a discussion around workplace flexibility. We invite candidates of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, cultural backgrounds, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, and Indigenous Australians to apply. If you have questions about the recruitment process, please email ***************@westpac.com.au.

Do you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process?

We can provide reasonable adjustments for individuals with disability and/or neurodiversity. If you require an adjustment to be made during the recruitment process at any stage, please call 1800 655 592 Option 2.3 or email ***************@westpac.com.au

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