ASX: Powering Australias financial markets

Why join the ASX

When you join ASX youre joining a company with a strong purpose to power a stronger economic future by enabling a fair and dynamic marketplace for all.

In your new role youll be part of a leading global securities exchange with a strong brand. We are known for being a trusted market operator and an exciting data hub.

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are more than a securities exchange!

The ASX team brings together talented people from a diverse range of disciplines.

We run critical market infrastructure with 1 in 3 people employed within technology. Yet we have a unique complexity of roles across a range of disciplines such as operations program delivery financial products investor engagement risk and compliance.

Were proud to foster a workplace where diversity is celebrated and inclusion is part of our everyday culture. Our employee-led networks champion LGBTIQ inclusion promote gender equality accessibility and wellbeing inspire giving and volunteering and celebrate cultural and religious events creating a sense of belonging for all. As an AWEI Bronze employer and member of the Champions of Change Coalition for gender equality were committed to a fair and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

Your Team

The Hosting Database team is part of Technology Infrastructure. We are responsible for the management of business-critical database applications across ASX and for providing database design deployment and support to major projects. We are building an exciting new capability for the delivery of business-critical database services in AWS. You will have the opportunity to help drive this initiative.

Your responsibilities:

• Design deploy and support scalable and secure database solutions in AWS Aurora and RDS

• Ensure high-availability reliability and performance of critical database workloads in AWS across multiple AZs and regions

• Work closely with project and engineering teams to deliver and support critical projects

• Troubleshoot and resolve performance issues and complex database incidents as part of a 24/7 support roster

• Establish best practices and operational playbooks for support of AWS RDS/Aurora databases

• Build and use automation to improve efficiency reduce manual effort and improve standardisation

• Mentor other team members and act as a subject-matter expert in your specialist area

• Prepare and maintain clear documentation of systems processes and procedures to support knowledge sharing

Must have:

• Recent experience as a project database administrator in a corporate environment

• Practical experience of building and migrating to AWS Aurora/RDS environments ideally using PostgreSQL

• Strong technical skills in database design deployment and support

• Experience with high-availability and disaster recovery solutions in a cloud environment

Nice to have:

• Financial services industry experience or knowledge

• Practical experience supporting SQL Server or Oracle Database whether in the cloud or on-premises

• Experience of other relevant AWS services such as DMS Terraform CloudWatch and Lambda functions

• Familiarity with Windows Server and/or Red Hat Enterprise Linux

• AWS Microsoft Oracle or other relevant certifications

We make hiring decisions based on your skills capabilities and experience and how youll help us to live our values. We encourage you to apply even if you dont meet all the criteria of this role.

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At ASX Group our diverse workforce is essential to build and maintain a fair and dynamic marketplace. We support flexible working and offer hybrid working options. Even if our roles are advertised as full-time we encourage you to apply if you are interested in part-time or other flexible working arrangements.

We will arrange for successful candidates to have background checks including reference and police checks completed as part of the on-boarding process.

To be considered for this position candidates must be legally authorised to work in Australia on a permanent basis without any restrictions.