Database Administrator (MSSQL DBA)

Combuilder Permanent

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Perform regular database backups, restorations, and disaster recovery planning.
  • Apply patches, service packs, and version upgrades while minimizing downtime.
  • Implement and maintain database replication, clustering, and high-availability solutions.
  • Optimize SQL queries, stored procedures, and indexing strategies.
  • Monitor database performance and proactively identify bottlenecks or issues.
  • Monitor capacity and plan for growth, ensuring scalability of database systems.
  • Install, configure, and upgrade database servers and related tools (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or cloud-native DBs).
  • Support senior engineer and software developers with database design, query optimization, and troubleshooting.
  • Study and maintain documentation for database configurations, processes, and policies.
  • Ensure compliance with data governance, security, and privacy regulations.
  • Provide on-call support for critical production systems.

Requirements

  • Diploma or Bachelor degree in Information Technology or related studies in Singapore.
  • At least 2 years of hands-on experience in MS SQL Server and PostgreSQL administration preferred.
  • Hands-on support experience in SQL Server, PostgreSQL database administration such as apply patches, service packs, version upgrades, DB backup, etc.
  • Must have practical experience in DB server installation, migration, virtualisation, DR planning and etc.
  • Experience in developing new & optimizing SQL queries, stored procedures, and indexing strategies.
  • Knowledgeable in database capacity planning, scalability of database systems.
  • As required (if activated), to attend to on-call support for critical production systems issue.

Additional Preferred Skills (Nice-to-Have)

  • Domain experience in Banking and Financial Services Industry (BFSI) is advantageous.
  • Implement automation for provisioning, monitoring, and maintenance tasks.
  • Knowledge of data warehousing and ETL (SSIS) – Design, implement, and maintain data warehouses, SSIS packages, and ETL processes.
  • Manage virtualization technologies (VMware, Hyper-V, Nutanix, etc.).
  • Cloud & RDS Management: Administer databases in hybrid cloud (AWS/Azure) and RDS environments. Support cloud infrastructure (AWS) including compute, networking, and storage.
  • Familiarity with Redgate tools, SQL Compare, and BI tools like Tableau and Jasper report.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure issues on Windows and Linux platform (O.S Level) that interconnected to Database server.
  • Experience in cloud-based database migration and DevOps practices.
  • Collaborate with security teams to apply security hardening, vulnerability remediation, and compliance controls.

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