Junior Database Administrator

Key Responsibilities

. Design the database's 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 optimising database performance, such as optimising queries, creating indexes etc.

o Capacity planning.

o Configuring backup on database.

o Ensuring database is hardening in accordance with Authority 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.