Senior Database Administrator

Blue Bird Group; Jakarta Pusat; On-site; IDR 279,000,000 - 669,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Bird Group is seeking an experienced Database Administrator to design, monitor, and optimize enterprise databases, implementing intelligent alerting and owning replication and failover processes.

The role requires 8+ years in large-scale production, deep SQL across PostgreSQL, MySQL, MS SQL Server and NoSQL, plus capacity planning and 24/7 on-call leadership at the Mampang Blue Bird Head Office.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years as a DBA in large-scale, high-traffic production environments.
• Proven SQL expertise across PostgreSQL, MySQL, MS SQL Server, and NoSQL.
• Experience in failover scenarios, disaster recovery, and zero-downtime migrations.
• Strong communication to challenge engineering when queries impact performance or cost.
• Disciplined in operational docs and cybersecurity best practices.
• Willing to work from office at Mampang Blue Bird Head Office.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain monitoring systems with intelligent auto-alerting for critical DB metrics.
• Proactively monitor and optimize slow queries, and advise on index and query improvements.
• Own replication mechanisms and ensure seamless auto-failover with zero data loss.
• Lead 24/7 on-call rotation for DBA team and respond to production incidents.
• Drive post-mortems and implement long-term systemic improvements.
• Ensure data security, access control, backups, and recovery procedures.

Skills

SQL

PostgreSQL

MySQL

MS SQL Server

NoSQL

Replication

Failover

Capacity planning

On-call leadership

Incident post-mortems

Data security

Job description

• Design, build, and maintain monitoring systems for critical database metrics, equipped with intelligent auto-alerting mechanisms.


• Proactively monitor and analyze slow queries - beyond adding missing indexes, provide actionable recommendations to engineering teams to improve query structure and application logic.


• Demonstrate deep understanding of cardinality, efficient index utilization, and the ability to manage rapidly growing tables through effective partitioning or sharding strategies.


• Take full ownership of database replication mechanisms, ensuring seamless auto-failover processes with zero data loss during disruptions.


• Proactively conduct capacity planning to prevent unexpected infrastructure cost spikes and avoid sudden performance degradation due to data growth.


• Lead and uphold a 24/7 on-call rotation culture within the DBA team to ensure immediate response to production incidents.


• Drive a strong post-mortem culture following every incident, focusing on long-term systemic improvements to prevent recurrence.


• Ensure data security, proper access control management, and regularly tested backup and recovery procedures.

Requirements

• Minimum of 8 years of experience as a Database Administrator (DBA) in large-scale, high-traffic production environments.


• Strong technical expertise in SQL, with in-depth knowledge of database engines such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, NoSQL, and others.


• Proven experience in handling failover scenarios, disaster recovery, and zero-downtime database migrations.


• Strong, assertive communication skills with the ability to challenge engineering teams when proposed query structures may negatively impact database performance or cost efficiency.


• High level of discipline in maintaining operational documentation and adhering to cybersecurity standards and best practices.


• Willing to work from office (WFO) at Mampang Blue Bird Head Office.