Database Administrator 40-50K

Bond West Consultants; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 446,000 - 558,000; Full time

Job summary

Bond West Consultants’ client, a sizable FI company, seeks a skilled Database Administrator (Inhouse) to design, deploy, and manage Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and NoSQL databases. You will drive migrations toward Oracle while ensuring performance, security, and 24/7 availability.

The role emphasizes strong SQL tuning, data modeling, Linux/Unix admin, and cloud familiarity to support high-volume payment processing teams.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of DBA experience in production environments.
• Oracle Database expertise including backup/recovery, security and high availability.
• Experience with MySQL, PostgreSQL and at least one NoSQL database.
• Experience planning and executing cross-database migrations to Oracle.
• Strong SQL tuning, data modeling and schema design for transactional systems.
• Familiarity with Linux/Unix, shell scripting and cloud deployments.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain core relational and NoSQL databases.
• Lead migrations and consolidations toward Oracle as the primary platform.
• Monitor database health, optimize queries, indexes, and schema for high-volume payment processing.
• Enforce data security and PCI-DSS compliance where applicable.
• Plan backup, recovery, and failover strategies for zero data loss.
• Coordinate maintenance, upgrades, and real-time incident response.
• Produce clear operational playbooks and guidance for engineering teams.

Skills

Oracle Database

MySQL

PostgreSQL

NoSQL databases

Redis

MongoDB

Cassandra

DynamoDB

SQL tuning

Data modeling

Linux/Unix

Shell scripting

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud deployments

Incident management

Technical documentation

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Our client, a sizable FI company is now looking for a high caliber candidate for the following position:

Database Administrator (Inhouse) 40-50K

Key Responsibilities

Oracle-First Database Management & Consolidation: Design, deploy, and maintain core relational (Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases, leading migration and consolidation efforts toward Oracle as the primary platform.

Performance Optimization & High Availability: Continuously monitor database health and optimize queries, indexes, and schema design to handle high-volume payment processing with minimal latency.

Data Security & PCI-DSS Compliance: Enforce robust security standards—including access controls, audit logging, data encryption (at rest and in transit), and PCI-DSS compliance to protect payment data.

Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity: Formulate, implement, and test reliable backup, recovery, and failover strategies to guarantee transaction integrity and zero data loss.

Zero-Downtime Maintenance & Upgrades: Plan and execute regular database patches, upgrades, capacity scaling, and migrations with minimal impact on live payment services.

Operations, Incident Response & Documentation: Rapidly troubleshoot and resolve database incidents, establish comprehensive real-time monitoring and alerting, and create clear operational playbooks and technical guidance for engineering teams.

Required Qualifications

Database Administration Experience: 4+ years of hands-on DBA experience managing mission-critical production environments, with primary expertise in Oracle Database (tuning, backup/recovery, security, and HA).

Multi-Database Proficiency: Solid working experience with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and at least one NoSQL database (e.g., Redis, MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB).

Cross-Database Migration Skills: Proven track record of planning and executing database migrations, specifically transitioning workloads from MySQL/PostgreSQL to Oracle.

Advanced SQL & Schema Design: Advanced proficiency in SQL tuning, query optimization, stored procedures, data modeling, and schema design optimized for transaction processing.

Security & Infrastructure Expertise: Deep knowledge of database security protocols, Linux/Unix administration, shell scripting for automation, and familiarity with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud deployments.

Incident Management & Collaboration: Strong problem-solving skills for rapid incident resolution under pressure, backed by excellent technical documentation and communication capabilities.

For any query, please feel free to contact Mr Eric Wong at 29•• •079
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