Senior Database Administrator | SQL

allenges in government, intelligence, defence, aviation, border protection and health markets.

Your New Role and Responsibilities

Joining our team as a Senior Database Administrator means becoming part of an exceptionally supportive and collaborative environment. While the team is known for its camaraderie and willingness to help, it is also composed of true experts in their field.

You'll be working on infrastructure that is genuinely unique-solutions and systems that are unmatched anywhere else in Australia.

This role provides the opportunity to contribute to groundbreaking work while being surrounded by some of the brightest minds in the industry.

A day of work with this team may include:

• Starting your day by checking the health of a mission-critical SQL environment that powers operations across Australia and beyond

• Diving into performance dashboards, ensuring everything runs smoothly for thousands of users.

• Collaborating with application teams to troubleshoot a complex query issue or plan the rollout of a new database upgrade.

• Scripting an automation in PowerShell to streamline patching, or designing a high-availability solution to keep our systems resilient.

Every day brings variety, technical challenges, and the satisfaction of knowing your work contributes to the management of critical Australian Infrastructure.

What's in It for You?

• Impact at Scale - Manage hundreds of enterprise SQL servers, influencing the performance of critical systems across multiple regions.

• Cutting-Edge Tech - Work with advanced SQL Server features, Always On availability groups, clustering, and automation tools.

• Continuous Growth - Exposure to large-scale environments and complex architectures means you'll keep learning and sharpening your skills.

• Collaboration & Support - Join a team of highly skilled DBAs who share knowledge and tackle challenges together.

• Stability & Security - Be part of an organisation that values data integrity and compliance, giving you confidence in the work you do.

What You'll Bring to Make An Impact

• Proven experience managing enterprise-grade Microsoft SQL Server environments with deep knowledge of the SQL Server engine.

• Strong background in virtualisation, Windows clustering, and related platform technologies.

• Hands-on experience with high availability and disaster recovery setups like Always On, clustering, and log shipping.

• Proficiency in PowerShell scripting to automate installations, patching, and health checks.

• Solid understanding of backup strategies and data recovery processes to ensure business continuity.

Don't worry if you don't tick all the boxes - if you meet most of them, we encourage you to submit your application. We're most interested in your strengths, what you want to learn and how far you want to go.

Due to the nature of the role, you must be an Australian Citizen and hold an active NV-2 AGSVA security clearance.

Diverse Team Members, Shared Values and a Common Purpose

Providing our customers with smarter solutions takes an incredible team with diversity of thought, experience and perspectives driving innovation. Inclusion is at the heart of our culture and is one of our core values. It's about creating a workplace where everyone can do important work, feels welcome, valued, and respected, and has equal access to opportunities to thrive. Paul Chase - Chief Executive, Leidos Australia.

Leidos Australia is an equal opportunities organisation and is committed to creating a truly inclusive workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, veterans, neurodiverse people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.

Our five Advocacy Groups (Women and Allies Network, Young Professionals, Defence & Emergency Services, Action for Accessibility and Abilities and Pride+) provide an opportunity for team members to connect and collaborate on shared interests, and work to support and celebrate our diverse community.

Next Steps

• To apply for this role, follow the links or apply via our Careers page.

• Recruitment process - 1 virtual interview and/or 1 face-to-face & background checks.

• Applicants may also need to meet International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) requirements. In certain circumstances this can place limitations on persons who hold dual nationality, permanent residency or are former nationals of certain countries as per ITAR 126.1.

• We are committed to making our recruitment process accessible to all candidates. Please contact our Careers team [email protected] if you'd like to discuss any additional support during your application or throughout the recruitment process.

At Leidos, we don't want someone who "fits the mold"-we want someone who melts it down and builds something better. This is a role for the restless, the over-caffeinated, the ones who ask, "what's next?" before the dust settles on "what's now."

If you're already scheming step 20 while everyone else is still debating step 2... good. You'll fit right in.

Original Posting:

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.