Senior Database Engineer

Department of Customer Service

Reference number

req52322

Occupation

Information and Communications Technology

Work type

Full-Time

Location

Sydney Region

Salary Information

From AUD $133,348.00 to $146,945.00 per year

Closing date

30 July 2026 at 10:00am

Role Title: Senior Database Engineer

Clerk Grade: 9/10

Employment Type: Ongoing, Full-time

Office Location: Pyrmont

Work Arrangement: Hybrid, 2 days per week in office required

This role sits within Digital Delivery, Births, Deaths and Marriages

About the team

The DevOps team is part of Digital identity and security within Births, Deaths and Marriages is responsible for delivering and supporting critical digital services that help people access essential life event registrations and certificates. As the Senior Database Engineer, you will take ownership of a large and complex Oracle and AWS database environment, ensuring the security, performance, availability, and resilience of systems that support vital services for the people of New South Wales.

outcomes.

Recommendations:

Own and manage enterprise Oracle and AWS RDS database environments that support critical business services.

Partner with developers, architects, support teams, and stakeholders to deliver secure, reliable, and high-performing database platforms.

Lead database performance optimisation, troubleshooting, security, backup and recovery, disaster recovery testing, and compliance activities.

Provide technical leadership across database design, production releases, incident management, governance, and continuous improvement initiatives.

To be successful in this role you will demonstrate:

Demonstrated experience administering and supporting large-scale enterprise Oracle databases in complex environments.

Strong expertise in AWS services, particularly Amazon RDS, and cloud-hosted database platforms.

Advanced SQL and PL/SQL skills, with proven ability to develop, troubleshoot, and optimise complex queries, stored procedures, views, and materialized views.

Strong knowledge of database security, including user access management, roles, permissions, encryption, and compliance requirements.

Experience managing database performance, monitoring, backup and recovery, disaster recovery testing, and operational resilience.

Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with experience working across DevOps, CI/CD, governance, production support, and multidisciplinary technical teams.

Does this sound like you?

You are an experienced database professional who enjoys taking ownership of complex enterprise platforms and solving challenging technical problems. You are comfortable working independently as the subject matter expert for a critical database environment, while collaborating with stakeholders, developers, and support teams to deliver secure, resilient, and high-performing services.

If you don’t meet all the criteria, but still believe you could succeed in this role, please still apply – we’d love to hear from you.

About Births, Deaths and Marriages

Births, Deaths and Marriages (BDM) plays a vital role in the lives of people in New South Wales by registering life events and providing trusted identity services. BDM delivers secure, reliable, and customer-focused services that support individuals, families, businesses, and government agencies throughout significant life moments.

Through ongoing digital transformation and investment in modern technology platforms, BDM is committed to improving customer experiences, strengthening service reliability, and ensuring the integrity and security of critical citizen data.

For more information, visit: https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/births-deaths-marriages-nsw

Salary Grade 9/10, with the base salary for this role starting at $133348 base plus superannuation

For enquiries relating to recruitment please contact Justyna Klap via Justyna.Klap@customerservice.nsw.gov.au.

Visit the Capability Application Tool to prepare for the recruitment process by accessing practice application and interview questions based on the focus capabilities listed in the role description.

A talent pool may be created as part of this recruitment process and will be valid for up to 18 months. The talent pool may be used to fill future ongoing or temporary vacancies of the same or similar role.

Closing Date: Thursday 30th July at 10am

Careers at Department of Customer Service

A career at the Department of Customer Service (DCS) gives you the opportunity to help improve government services and be part of reform that benefits people across NSW. We are focused on delivering excellent customer service, digital transformation, and regulatory reform. Come join us and influence the future of our great state.

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The strength of our workforce lies in its diversity and embracing difference, while the key to our success is leveraging the contributions of employees with different backgrounds and perspectives.

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