Job Description

Responsibilities

• Daily health monitoring of production database system and data integrity checks
• Database migration and performance monitoring
• System / data backup, disaster recovery
• Carry out periodical production patch and upgrade management
• Automate and monitor huge file transfer for archiving
• Work with users and vendors to take timely and appropriate steps to resolve and troubleshoot issues impacting service levels and conduct root cause analysis
• Enforce security standards for databases
• Keep abreast of advances in database technologies to identify opportunities to fine tune and optimize databases and related system infrastructure
• Database administration and management (capacity planning, installation, backup, recovery, monitoring, Performance optimizations, troubleshooting, load/hardware analysis mapping, security etc.)
• Query optimization and tuning skills, analysis and troubleshooting interactions between databases, operating systems and applications with regard to performance and resources usage
• Creating database tables, setting up indexes, data constraints and DB views Analyze, predict through trend analysis and resolve database system, storage and application issues
• Review existing software architecture and contribute to improving on the future architecture for stability and a maximum of performance
• Collect and analyze database performance information; identify and implement solutions for performance problems

Requirements

• Degree, preferably IT or Engineering-related.
• Minimum 5 years of working experience in DBA and operation management in MS SQL Enterprise Server
• Proficient in Linux / Unix environment shell scripting
• Familiar with virtualization technologies
• Experience in setting up and supporting database mirroring, failover clustering would be advantageous
• Relevant working experience as an MYSQL/ MARIA DB / MS SQL Database Administrator in production environment would be advantageous
• Managing experience of MS SQL servers (2008, 2012, 2014, 2016)

Shortlisted candidate will be offered a 1 year Agency Contract employment