Database Platform Engineer
University of Auckland2 days ago
Auckland, New ZealandMid Level
Responsibilities
- Deliver, operate, and continuously improve enterprise database platforms across on-premises and cloud environments.
- Install, maintain, upgrade, tune, back up, and recover production databases.
- Support high-availability database environments and ensure services are secure, reliable, scalable, and high performing.
- Implement database security, patch management, access controls, and vulnerability remediation.
- Develop scripting and automation and contribute to platform engineering, service improvement, and technology modernisation initiatives.
- Collaborate with cloud, infrastructure, security, application, and project teams.
- Participate in a 24/7 on-call roster.
Requirements
- Proven experience in database administration, database engineering, or database platform operations in production environments.
- Strong technical knowledge of Oracle Database and/or Microsoft SQL Server.
- Experience with database installation, maintenance, upgrades, performance tuning, backup and recovery, and high-availability environments.
- Knowledge of database security, patch management, access controls, and vulnerability remediation.
- Experience with scripting, automation, or platform engineering practices.
- Exposure to Amazon RDS and hybrid cloud environments is advantageous.
- Strong analytical capability, a proactive mindset, and the ability to work across multiple technologies and stakeholders.
Benefits
- Full-time, permanent position working 37.5 hours per week.
- Flexible employment practices, including working from home and flexible hours.
- Up to 6.75% company superannuation scheme.
- Five weeks of annual leave.
- Career development programmes, discounted car parking, generous parental leave, childcare, and other internal and external service discounts.
- Applications are due by 15 November 2026.
Tech Stack
Microsoft SQL ServerOracle Database
Categories
About University of Auckland
The University of Auckland’s Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences provides tertiary education and conducts health and biomedical research across medicine, nursing, pharmacy, optometry and population health. Revenue comes from tuition, government funding and competitive research grants, with clinical training delivered through healthcare partners. Founded in 1968 and headquartered in Auckland, it operates research institutes such as the Liggins Institute and builds digital platforms that support secure, scalable health-research workflows.