Lead Data Platform Administrator / Database Administrator

Key Duties And Responsibilities

• Database management and optimisation
• Design, administer and maintain database architecture, schemas, tables, views and naming conventions to ensure data integrity and accuracy.
• Monitor and tune performance (indexes, queries, storage, connections) to meet service levels across development, test, staging and production environments.
• Implement and maintain backup, recovery and failover procedures; contribute to disaster recovery planning and testing.
• Security and compliance
• Apply security hardening and access controls (roles, privileges), and ensure encryption, patching and audit requirements are met.
• Safeguard information against unauthorised access, modification or disclosure and maintain compliance with AEC security and governance frameworks.
• Change, testing and quality
• Support controlled changes to database structures and configurations.
• Maintain versioned change records and documentation.
• Test database systems and upgrades, including debugging, tracking, reproduction and resolution of issues in line with approved procedures.
• Design and implementation support
• Write and maintain logical and physical database descriptions and related technical documentation.
• Work with developers to optimise SQL and data access patterns; contribute to solution design and data modelling discussions.
• Integration, migration and operations
• Support data migration, cleansing and validation activities.
• Affiliate with integrations (including CMS and API-driven services) to maintain data quality across platforms.
• Provide service support in diagnosing, resolving and repairing database-related issues, and participate in incident and problem management processes.
• Stakeholder engagement and team contribution
• Provide accurate specialist advice and guidance to project teams and stakeholders.
• Tailor explanations for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Governance and continuous improvement
• Implement and administer database documentation, guidelines, policies and procedures.
• Achieve accurate records and compliance with audit requirements.
• Identify opportunities to improve database reliability, automation and operational efficiency.
• Support standardisation of patterns and practices.

Criteria

• Demonstrated experience administering enterprise databases (e.g. MS SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL/MariaDB), including performance tuning, monitoring and capacity planning.
• Experience implementing security controls, backups, recovery and high-availability patterns in line with governance and audit requirements.
• Prominent ability to support upgrades, patches and structured change processes, including testing and issue resolution.
• Strong SQL skills and experience collaborating with developers and technical teams to optimise queries and data design.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills with the ability to provide sound advice to stakeholders at different levels.

Desirable criteria

• Experience with AWS database services (e.g. RDS/Aurora, snapshots, Performance Insights) and cloud-hosted operational patterns.
• Experience supporting web platforms or CMS technologies (Drupal desirable) and data integrations with APIs.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated database deployment or schema management.
• Experience working in multi-disciplinary Agile delivery teams.

Submissions

Please provide a one-page pitch addressing the selection criteria, in addition to a resume of no more than three pages, contact details for two referees and your preferred hourly rate.

Why Data Knowhow?

• Data Knowhow provides mentoring and training to advance your career opportunities.
• Data Knowhow offers EAP services managed by Wisdom Wellbeing.
• Data Knowhow provides salary sacrificing opportunities through Simplygreen.
• 12% superannuation is provided on top of your requested daily rate if you are successful in this position.

Applications

Applications close Thursday 18 June, 2026.

Contact

Position contact: Lisa Cornish
Director, Data Knowhow
lisa.cornish@dataknowhow.com.au
+61 412 073 873