Database Administrator

Responsibilities:

• The candidate is responsible in designing, implementing, documenting, administering and monitoring the databases to ensure the databases run efficiently and securely.
• In addition, the candidate shall own, track and resolve database related incidents and requests within Service Level Agreements (SLAs), review service-related reports (e.g.: database backups, maintenance, monitoring) on a daily basis and respond to database related alerts and working with vendors and other parties to resolve the problems.
• The candidate shall also focus on managing and resolving issues in alignment with the SLAs, establishing and maintaining communication
• with development team to keep them updated with status of their requests, initiating and performing changes on Non-Production systems and proactively escalating any issues that cannot be resolved within the established timeframes.

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Bachelor degree, with a technical major, such as engineering, data communications or computer science, among others.
• Good communication and documentation skills.
• Minimum 5 years Database Administration experience.
• Experience with Database Administration for DB2 (version 10 onwards) / Oracle Server (version 11 onwards) / PostgreSQL (version 14 onwards).
• Knowledge and/or working experience in SQL Database servers and MySQL will be an advantage.
• Experience in data modelling which include performing, managing and validating Data Model creation. (ERWIN and/or equivalent)
• Experience in troubleshooting and resolving database problems.
• Experience in Performance Tuning and Optimization (PTO), using native monitoring and troubleshooting tools. (knowledge of indexes, index management, and statistics)
• Experience with backups, restores and recovery models.
• Knowledge of High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) options for DB2 / Oracle Server / PostgreSQL.
• Experience in implementing operational automation using scripts / shell scripting.
• Experience in writing and implementing Stored Procedures, PL/SQL and SQL.
• Experience in cloud database computing will be an advantage.
• Experience working with Windows, AIX, Linux and Solaris servers.
• Responsibilities include working on evenings and weekends occasionally.