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For almost 60 years, we've been building the technology and infrastructure that powers Australia's payments ecosystem. From launching Australia's first ATM to being one of the first certified NPP PayTo participants, innovation has always been at the heart of what we do.\nNow, we're preparing for what's next, and we want you to be part of it.\nJoin us as an Associate DBA within our Cloud, Data & Infrastructure team and help deliver the resilient, scalable, and secure database platforms that underpin some of Australia's most important payment services.\n Your Opportunity\nWe're looking for an Associate DBA to join our Cloud, Data & Infrastructure team within Enterprise Technology Services.\nIn this role, you'll provide operational database administration support across Oracle and SQL Server environments, helping maintain the performance, availability, and reliability of critical systems that support Australia's payments ecosystem. You'll work closely with Senior DBAs and technology stakeholders to deliver business-as-usual support, operational improvements, and database-related projects.\nYou'll also make an impact by:\nProviding operational DBA support across Oracle and SQL Server database environments.\nMonitoring, maintaining, and troubleshooting database performance, availability, and reliability.\nSupporting database maintenance, upgrades, backups, and recovery activities.\nContributing to operational projects and continuous improvement initiatives.\nWorking closely with Senior DBAs, infrastructure teams, and application teams to support critical production environments.\nParticipating in an on-call roster to provide after-hours support for business-critical systems.\n What You'll Bring\nTo succeed in this role, you'll have:\n3-5 years' experience in database administration, although we welcome strong candidates with 2-3 years of relevant experience.\nStrong Oracle Database Administration experience.\nExposure to Microsoft SQL Server administration.\nExperience supporting large-scale, highly available production environments.\nKnowledge of database operations, maintenance, monitoring, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.\nStrong SQL scripting and problem-solving skills.\nUnderstanding of backup, recovery, high availability, and disaster recovery principles.\nAbility to participate in a rostered on-call support rotation (approximately every two weeks).\nFlexibility to undertake occasional paid overtime when required. \nYou'll stand out from the crowd if you have:\nExperience with PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle Exadata, or SQL Server Always On technologies.\nExposure to financial services, payments, or PCI-DSS regulated environments.\nExperience working in Agile or product-led technology teams.\nRelevant certifications such as Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) or Microsoft certifications.\n Why Cuscal?\nAt Cuscal, you'll find a successful and growing technology organisation where your work has real impact.\nYou'll support the systems that help power Australia's payments ecosystem, work alongside highly skilled technology teams, and be given the opportunity to build a long-term career in a business that continues to innovate and evolve.\nYou'll also enjoy:\nFlexible hybrid working arrangements.\nExposure to modern enterprise database technologies and large-scale environments.\nCareer development, mentoring, and ongoing learning opportunities.\nRecognition through our IGNITE rewards and recognition program.\nAccess to wellbeing initiatives and employee discounts through Cuscal Advantage. \nJoin us and reimagine the future\nIf you're looking to grow your database administration career while working on systems that support millions of Australians every day, we'd love to hear from you.\nApply now and join a team shaping the future of payments and financial technology in Australia.\nCuscal does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies and search firms. 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