Sr Database Engineer - GIPS (SBE)

RAPSYS TECHNOLOGIES PTE LTD; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

RAPSYS TECHNOLOGIES PTE LTD in Kuala Lumpur is seeking a Senior Database Engineer to manage enterprise Oracle, MySQL, and MariaDB environments. You will administer, optimize, and support databases across the service build engineering team, ensuring high availability and robust backups.

The role requires strong SQL and Unix/Linux skills, proven experience with performance tuning, and the ability to collaborate with application and infrastructure teams on deployments and post-build operations.

Qualifications

• 6–9 years of database administration/engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience with Oracle, MySQL, and MariaDB.
• Strong SQL and Unix/Linux skills.
• Experience with backup, recovery, and performance tuning.
• Ability to collaborate with application and infrastructure teams and follow change management processes.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain Oracle, MySQL, and MariaDB environments.
• Install, configure, upgrades, patching, and migrations of databases.
• Monitor database health, availability, capacity, and performance.
• Troubleshoot database issues and perform root-cause analysis.
• Develop and optimize SQL queries and database performance.
• Manage backup, recovery, and maintenance activities.
• Support high availability, disaster recovery, and resilience initiatives.
• Perform database changes in accordance with change management and procedures.
• Work with application and infrastructure teams to resolve database-related issues.
• Support post-build activities, deployments, and production database operations.
• Maintain database documentation, standards, and procedures.
• Participate in incident, problem, and change management.

Skills

Oracle

MySQL

MariaDB

SQL

Unix/Linux

Performance tuning

Backup/Recovery

Post-build support

Incident/Change management

Sybase

Tools

Sybase

Job description

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Sr Database Engineer to manage, maintain, and support enterprise database environments within the Service Build Engineering team. The role requires strong expertise in Oracle, MySQL, and MariaDB, with responsibility for database administration, performance optimization, availability, troubleshooting, backup and recovery, and post-build support. The ideal candidate should have strong SQL and Unix/Linux skills and be able to work effectively with application, infrastructure, and support teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain Oracle, MySQL, and MariaDB database environments.
• Perform database installation, configuration, upgrades, patching, and migrations.
• Monitor database health, availability, capacity, and performance.
• Troubleshoot database issues and perform root-cause analysis.
• Develop and optimize SQL queries and database performance.
• Manage backup, recovery, and database maintenance activities.
• Support high availability, disaster recovery, and database resilience initiatives.
• Perform database changes in accordance with change management and operational procedures.
• Work with application and infrastructure teams to resolve database-related issues.
• Support post-build activities, deployments, and production database operations.
• Maintain database documentation, standards, and operational procedures.
• Participate in incident, problem, and change management activities.

Required Skills

• 6-9 years of experience in database administration/engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience with Oracle, MySQL, and MariaDB.
• Strong knowledge of SQL and database performance tuning.
• Strong working knowledge of Unix/Linux environments.
• Experience with Sybase databases\"