Senior Specialist, Database Administrator

TNG Digital Sdn Bhd; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

TNG Digital Sdn Bhd in Kuala Lumpur is seeking a Senior Specialist, Database Administrator to manage and optimize the company’s databases for high availability, performance, and security. You will handle operations, troubleshooting, DR planning, backup testing, and collaborate with software engineers and architects to design scalable database solutions.

The role requires strong SQL, data modelling, and cloud database experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, database management, or related field.
• Proven 3 years of DBA or SRE experience.
• Strong knowledge of MySQL, PostgreSQL, and NoSQL databases.
• Proficiency in SQL queries and stored procedures.
• Experience with database security best practices.
• Familiarity with cloud databases and scaling.
• Ability to automate routine DBA tasks.
• Strong problem-solving and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Manage and optimize company databases for availability, performance, and security.
• Implement backup, disaster recovery planning and testing.
• Monitor and tune database performance, queries, indexes and storage.
• Collaborate with developers and system architects on scalable designs.
• Automate routine DBA tasks and maintenance workflows.

Skills

MySQL

PostgreSQL

NoSQL

SQL

Stored procedures

Database security

Backup & recovery

Automation

Cloud databases

SQL tuning

Indexing

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, database management, or related field

Professional cloud certification on DBA

Tools

MySQL Tools

PostgreSQL Tools

NoSQL Tools

Backup & DR Tools

Job description

# Senior Specialist, *Database Administrator*Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaPermanent#### Duties & Responsibilities* The Specialist, DBA is responsible for managing and optimizing company’s databases and to ensure availability, performance and security. This role includes both operational and support responsibilities such as troubleshooting, data management and protection, housekeeping and backup. The role will also require executing disaster recovery plan.* KEY RESULTS AREA* 1) Database Management and Maintenance* a) Maintain and configure database systems (i.e. MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, NoSQL Database)* b) Apply security patches, updates and version upgrades as needed* 2) Performance Tuning and Optimisation* a) Monitor database performance, optimize queries, indexes and storage* b) Analyse slow queries and improve database performance* c) Optimise indexing and partitioning* 3) Database Design and Implementation* a) Implement database best practice and security policy* b) Collaborate with software developers and system architects to ensure database designs are efficient, scalable and optimised* 4) Security and Compliance* a) Implement security control and enforce database security policies (i.e. Access control, encryption, audit logging, secure connection)* b) Conduct periodic backup and restoration test* c) Ensure compliance with industry standards (i.e. BNM, PCIDSS, SOC 2, PDPA)* d) Support security audits and vulnerability assessments* 5) Troubleshooting and Incident Management* a) Investigate and resolve database issues quickly* b) Perform root cause analysis for database failures* c) Provide technical support and assistance for database related queries* 6) Capacity Planning and Scaling* a) Forecast database storage and performance needs* b) Forecast event-based database usage, needs and cost* c) Optimise database costs in cloud environments* 7) Automation and Scripting* a) Automate routine DBA tasks (i.e. monitoring, failover, backup, restoration, maintenance)* b) Automate approval and account creation#### Requirements* Qualification:* Bachelor's degree in computer science, database management, or related field* Professional cloud certification on DBA* Experiences:* Proven 3 experience in a DBA or SRE related to DBA experience* In-depth knowledge of MySQL database management systems and their associated tools.* Skills:* In-depth knowledge of MySQL, PostgreSQL, NoSQL database management systems and their associated tools* Good knowledge in managing and design database cluster* Strong understanding on cloud database* Proven implementation of database design principles, data normalisation and indexing techniques* Proficiency in writing and optimizing SQL queries and stored procedures.* Familiarity with database security best practices and principles.* Experience with database performance tuning and optimization.* Knowledge of data backup and recovery strategies.* Able to use automation tool to automate routine tasks* Personality:* Passionate, agile, flexible, and positive attitude.* Assertive, driven individual with a strong sense of urgency* Self-starter with continuous improvement mindset* Flexibility to adapt to changing business requirements and priorities* Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks simultaneously* Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to handle high-pressure situations calmly and effectively.* Strong attention to detail and a commitment to delivering high-quality results.