<p>Our client is an award-winning organisation in their field. They're looking for a Senior Applications and Database Administrator to join their national IT team. The Senior Applications and Database Administrator is responsible for the administration, performance, and continuous improvement of the organisation's core business applications and database environments. This role combines advanced technical expertise with strong stakeholder engagement, acting as a senior escalation point for application and database issues while driving system optimisation, reporting, and business process improvements.</p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities:</strong></p><ul><li>Manage, maintain and optimise enterprise applications and database environments, ensuring system reliability, performance and security.</li><li>Perform database administration, including backups, performance tuning, troubleshooting, upgrades, patching and migrations across SQL Server and other database platforms.</li><li>Develop, maintain and optimise SQL queries, scripts, integrations and automation solutions to improve business processes and operational efficiency.</li><li>Design and maintain reporting and analytics solutions using Power BI, SSRS, Crystal Reports and Microsoft Access, including data modelling, transformations and reporting automation.</li><li>Develop and support applications, APIs and data integrations, leveraging Microsoft Fabric, Azure services and modern development practices.</li><li>Contribute to system implementations, upgrades and IT projects, including testing, deployment, change management and post-implementation support.</li><li>Identify opportunities for continuous improvement, automation and emerging technologies to enhance business systems and service delivery.</li><li>Provide after-hours support when required for critical incidents, maintenance and project activities.</li></ul><p><strong>Key Requirements:</strong></p><ul><li>Minimum 5 years' experience in application and database administration, with advanced Microsoft SQL Server expertise and exposure to Pervasive and MS Access.</li><li>Strong programming and scripting skills across SQL, PowerShell, Python, PHP, C# and ASP.NET.</li><li>Hands-on experience developing Power BI solutions, including data modelling, DAX, Power Query, security and Power BI Service administration, alongside SSRS and Crystal Reports.</li><li>Proven application development and integration experience, including REST APIs, webhooks, automation, Git, testing and deployment practices.</li><li>Tertiary qualification in IT, Computer Science or a related discipline, or equivalent qualification (Certificate IV or higher).</li></ul><p><strong>Key Benefits:</strong></p><ul><li>Join a growing Australian owned organisation where your ideas are valued, achievements are recognised, and career progression is encouraged.</li><li>Join a team where you'll have the opportunity to take ownership of your workload and play an active role in decision-making.</li></ul><p><strong>Apply Today:</strong></p><p>If you'd like to discuss the opportunity in confidence, please contact Sophia Jones at [email protected].</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><em>By clicking 'apply', you give your express consent that Robert Half may use your personal information to process your job application and to contact you from time to time for future employment opportunities. For further information on how Robert Half processes your personal information and how to access and correct your information, please read the Robert Half privacy notice: <a href="https://www.roberthalf.com/au/en/privacy" target="_blank">https://www.roberthalf.com/au/en/privacy.</a> Please do not submit any sensitive personal data to us in your resume (such as government ID numbers, ethnicity, gender, religion, marital status or trade union membership) as we do not collect your sensitive personal data at this time.</em></p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/c29waGlhLmpvbmVzLjc0MzMwLjEwNjc1QHJoaWF1cy5hcGxpdHJhay5jb20.gif">
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Company</span></strong> </p><p>Robert Half are partnering with a large, well-established and not-for-profit organisation based in the Brisbane. With a strong community focus and a broad range of services, they are continuing to invest in their technology and data capability.</p><p>This is an opportunity to join a collaborative technology team that values strong communication, ownership and building solutions that make a real difference across the organisation.</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Role</span></strong></p><p>You'll play a key role in designing, building and optimising the organisation's data platforms following a recent move to Azure. Working within a highly collaborative, tight-knit team, you'll partner with a wide range of internal stakeholders to understand their needs and deliver scalable, cost-effective data solutions. It's a varied role, with the opportunity to work across a range of projects, systems and business areas.</p><p><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></p><ul><li>Build, maintain and performance-tune SQL databases across the Microsoft stack, including both on-premise and Azure environments</li><li>Design, build and orchestrate ETL/ELT pipelines using tools such as Azure Data Factory</li><li>Support and develop API-based, event-driven and file-based integrations between source systems and data platforms</li><li>Contribute to the design and development of data warehousing solutions, applying data governance, quality and documentation standards</li></ul><p><strong>Requirements: </strong></p><ul><li>Strong experience as a Data Engineer within a Microsoft environment</li><li>Advanced SQL skills, including database development and performance tuning</li><li>Experience with Azure data services, ideally Azure Data Factory</li><li>An understanding of how integrations and APIs work (experience with Boomi is highly regarded, but not essential)</li><li>Experience with, or a solid conceptual understanding of, data warehousing and dimensional modelling</li><li>Adaptable to work across a wide range of projects, systems and business areas</li><li>Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and manage competing priorities</li></ul><p><strong>Apply Today</strong></p><p>Submit your CV directly via email to Leah van Driel on <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> or by pressing the Apply button.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>By clicking 'apply', you give your express consent that Robert Half may use your personal information to process your job application and to contact you from time to time for future employment opportunities. For further information on how Robert Half processes your personal information and how to access and correct your information, please read the Robert Half privacy notice: <a href="https://www.roberthalf.com/au/en/privacy" target="_blank">https://www.roberthalf.com/au/en/privacy.</a> Please do not submit any sensitive personal data to us in your resume (such as government ID numbers, ethnicity, gender, religion, marital status or trade union membership) as we do not collect your sensitive personal data at this time.</em></p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/bGVhaC50b3duc2VuZC41MjY3OS4xMDY3NUByaGlhdXMuYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t.gif">
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Company</span></strong></p><p>Robert Half are partnering with a well-established, purpose-led Brisbane organisation with a strong operational focus. Its data and reporting work directly supports frontline service delivery, workforce planning and the people it serves, so what the data team builds here makes a real difference.</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Role</span></strong></p><p>The organisation is investing in its data environment and wants someone hands-on to help shape it.</p><p>This isn't a role spent churning out one-off reports. You'll help build the data warehouse, develop silver and gold layers, and design scalable Power BI models the business can rely on for years to come. You'll have real input into how things are done and see the impact of your work quickly.</p><p>You'll also work closely with stakeholders to understand what they need, so you'll see your work directly improve how the organisation plans, operates and supports the people it serves. If you enjoy building data solutions that make a genuine difference, this is a great fit.</p><p><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></p><ul><li>Build and support the development of the data warehouse</li><li>Work across multiple source systems to clean, structure and transform data</li><li>Support the creation of silver and gold data layers</li><li>Build and maintain Power BI dashboards and reports</li><li>Create and maintain fact and dimension tables</li><li>Use DAX to build measures and support reporting requirements</li><li>Work within Microsoft Fabric</li><li>Work with stakeholders to understand business needs and turn them into practical data solutions</li><li>Help migrate legacy reports and spreadsheets into a structured, governed reporting environment</li><li>Improve data quality, consistency and governance across the business</li></ul><p><strong>Requirements: </strong></p><ul><li>Strong Power BI development experience, including DAX</li><li>Solid SQL skills</li><li>Data warehousing and data modelling experience, including fact and dimension tables</li><li>Experience with Microsoft Fabric or a similar platform</li><li>An understanding of medallion architecture (silver and gold layers)</li><li>Experience cleansing and transforming data from multiple sources</li><li>Confident stakeholder engagement skills</li></ul><p><strong>Apply Today</strong></p><p>Submit your CV directly via email to Leah van Driel on <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> or by pressing the Apply button.</p><p><em>By clicking 'apply', you give your express consent that Robert Half may use your personal information to process your job application and to contact you from time to time for future employment opportunities. For further information on how Robert Half processes your personal information and how to access and correct your information, please read the Robert Half privacy notice: <a href="https://www.roberthalf.com/au/en/privacy" target="_blank">https://www.roberthalf.com/au/en/privacy.</a> Please do not submit any sensitive personal data to us in your resume (such as government ID numbers, ethnicity, gender, religion, marital status or trade union membership) as we do not collect your sensitive personal data at this time.</em></p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/bGVhaC50b3duc2VuZC45Mzg3MC4xMDY3NUByaGlhdXMuYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t.gif">