Job Openings Database Administrator 1423E

About the job Database Administrator 1423E

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design the databases architecture and modelling strategies to ensure that the database is secure, scalable and performs reliably.
  • Work with the application development team to define the application data model and work on tuning and optimizing database related operation.
  • Be point of contact to principal vendors for software and hardware.
  • Provide production support and responsible for the resolution of database related issues and duty rotation for after- office-hours support.
  • Provide support on to application team on database related matters (e.g. data patching, application deployments,  extracting data from database for reporting)
  • Plan and strategize data mapping for migration of data from legacy systems to support the deployment of the project, ensuring no data loss during conversion.
  • Review data mapping/conversion/integration specs between systems to ensure appropriate mapping quality and adherence to modelling strategies.
  • Ensure timeliness and accuracy of data sync during co-existence with legacy systems.
  • Develop and maintain database-related codes / scripts such as data sync scripts, data masking scripts, stored procedures etc.
  • Ensure database services and servers availability.
  • Install and configure Database and associated products.
  • Provide operational support including:
   o Ensuring database patches are performed in accordance with the patch release cycle.
   o Troubleshoot and remediate security vulnerabilities reported by security scan.
   o Reviewing and maintaining of database accounts.
   o Monitoring and optimizing database performance, such as optimizing queries, creating indexes etc.
   o Capacity planning.
   o Configuring backup on database.
   o Ensuring database is hardening in accordance with Clients standards.


What we are looking for:

  • Past track records with Oracle/MSSQL/DB2/MySQL/Postgres/Maria/Mongol databases including setting up and managing the environment.
  • Experience in setting up and managing databases in a high availability active-active setup will be added advantage. 
  • Knowledge in PL/SQL scripting will be added advantage.
  • Knowledge in working with ETL and data co-existence technology with legacy systems will be added advantage.
  • Knowledge with DB audit and security will be added advantage.· Knowledge with data masking products will be added advantage.