It’s a 12-month fixed term contract and can be located in Melbourne or Sydney

The purpose of this job
The SQL Database Administrator (DBA) is responsible for the support and maintenance of Bupa’s Microsoft SQL estate. This role requires strong Microsoft SQL expertise and a willingness to cross-skill in other database technologies, particularly within Azure. The DBA will manage both on-premise and cloud-based database environments across the ANZ Market Unit, ensuring reliability, security, performance, and continuous improvement of database services.

Key Accountabilities

• Ongoing management of all production and non-production databases across on-premise and cloud environments
• Perform standard DBA activities including performance tuning, upgrades, patching, lifecycle management, and data migrations
• Provide SME technical support, design services, and consultation relating to database infrastructure, architecture, access control, data movement, ETL, and synchronisation
• Drive continuous service improvement through automation and orchestration of database environments

Responsibilities

• Adhere to security policies and Bupa’s risk framework to ensure customer data protection
• Deploy and maintain database software in line with internal standards
• Maintain security patch levels in compliance with Bupa SLAs

• Perform development environment refreshes
• Carry out disaster recovery (DR) testing and maintain technical recovery process documentation
• Monitor and manage backups of critical databases, including periodic test restorations
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues across production and development environments
• Plan, test, and perform database upgrades
• Maintain documentation for new and updated processes and procedures
• Consult with application and development teams on database design and usage
• Liaise with internal support teams
• Identify suitable uses for new Microsoft SQL feature son-premise and Microsoft database technologies within Azure
• Adhere to Bupa service management processes
• Adopt an automation-first mindset to deliver database capabilities for cloud provisioning and lifecycle management
• Contribute to the review, redesign, and automation of policies, processes, and procedures to improve team productivity and efficiency
• Participate in the Bupa on-call and patching rosters, including out-of-hours work when required

What you’ll need to make it possible

• Industry-based certifications relating to Microsoft SQL, Azure SQL Database, and related technology stacks
• 3–5 years’ industry experience in a similar SQL Database Administrator or Database Engineer role
• Experience using infrastructure-as-code tools such as Microsoft Bicep and/or Terraform to deploy Azure services (or equivalent cloud platforms)
• Experience with CI/CD practices and tools, particularly Microsoft Azure DevOps

Why you’ll love it?
At Bupa, our purpose is to help people live longer, healthier, happier lives and make a better world, and we know this starts with delivering our purpose for our people.   

Our wellbeing program Viva has been designed to help you to live a healthy and happy life. It includes access to health & general insurance discounts, information and education sessions, and preventative healthcare screening such as annual health assessments and skin checks. Through Viva you have access to a range of benefits that will help you to maintain your physical, mental, social, digital, environmental and financial wellbeing. As well as a competitive salary, a range of Bupa benefits and flexible working, you’ll be challenged and encouraged to innovate. 

If this sounds exciting, we’d love to hear from you. Let’s shape the future of healthcare, together.

Here at Bupa your wellbeing, identity, and personal story are respected and valued. We are committed to building diverse teams that are reflective of the communities we serve and fostering a fair and inclusive workplace free from discrimination, bullying and harassment. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds and experiences, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, veterans, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ applicants and are dedicated to removing barriers to participation.