LEAD ADMINISTRATOR L1

City: Sydney

State/Province: New South Wales

Posting Start Date: 2/10/26

Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO) is a leading technology services and consulting company focused on building innovative solutions that address clients' most complex digital transformation needs. Leveraging our holistic portfolio of capabilities in consulting, design, engineering, and operations, we help clients realize their boldest ambitions and build future-ready, sustainable businesses. With over 230,000 employees and business partners across 65 countries, we deliver on the promise of helping our customers, colleagues, and communities thrive in an ever-changing world. For additional information, visit us at www.wipro.com.

Job Description:

Job Description

Location : Sydney.

Detailed JD as below :

We are seeking a talented and motivated Mid-Level Database Administrator (DBA) to join our dynamic and growing technology team. In this role, you will play a crucial part in managing, maintaining, and optimising our critical database infrastructure, ensuring high availability, performance, and security across our various business units. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to significant projects and work with a range of modern database technologies within a large-scale enterprise environment.

• Database Management: Administer, monitor, and maintain relational databases (SQL Server, MySQL) and NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Cassandra) to ensure optimal performance, availability, and reliability.
• Performance Tuning: Identify and resolve database performance issues, including query optimization, indexing strategies, and system configuration adjustments.
• Backup and Recovery: Implement and manage robust backup and recovery procedures, ensuring data integrity and rapid restoration capabilities.
• Security: Enforce database security policies, manage user access, and implement best practices to protect sensitive data.
• Troubleshooting: Diagnose and resolve database-related incidents, including connectivity issues, data corruption, and system failures.
• Automation: Develop and implement automation scripts and tools to streamline database administration tasks and improve efficiency.
• Collaboration: Work closely with development teams, system administrators, and other IT professionals to support application deployments, migrations, and new initiatives.
• Documentation: Maintain comprehensive documentation of database configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting steps.
• On-Call Support: Participate in an on-call rotation to provide out-of-hours support for critical database incidents.

• Experience: 5-7 years of experience as a Database Administrator in an enterprise environment.
• Technical Skills:
• Strong proficiency in administering and tuning at least two major relational database systems (SQL Server, MySQL).
• Familiarity with NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Cassandra) is highly desirable.
• Solid understanding of database architecture, replication, high availability, and disaster recovery concepts.
• Proficiency in SQL and scripting languages ( PowerShell, Python, Bash).
• Experience with cloud database services (Azure SQL Database, GCP Cloud SQL) is a plus.
• Analytical Skills: Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities with a keen eye for detail.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly.
• Collaboration: Proven ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment and collaborate with diverse stakeholders.
• Proactive: Self-motivated, proactive, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• Resourcing
  • Forecast talent requirements as per the current and future business needs
  • Hire adequate and right resources for the team
  • Train direct reportees to make right recruitment and selection decisions
• Talent Management
  • Ensure 100% compliance to Wipro’s standards of adequate onboarding and training for team members to enhance capability & effectiveness
  • Build an internal talent pool of HiPos and ensure their career progression within the organization
  • Promote diversity in leadership positions
• Performance Management
  • Set goals for direct reportees, conduct timely performance reviews and appraisals, and give constructive feedback to direct reports.
  • Ensure that organizational programs like Performance Nxt are well understood and that the team is taking the opportunities presented by such programs to their and their levels below
• Employee Satisfaction and Engagement
  • Lead and drive engagement initiatives for the team
  • Track team satisfaction scores and identify initiatives to build engagement within the team
  • Proactively challenge the team with larger and enriching projects/ initiatives for the organization or team
  • Exercise employee recognition and appreciation