Sr Database Engineer - GIPS (SBE)

Accenture Southeast Asia; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Southeast Asia is seeking a Senior Database Engineer in Kuala Lumpur to manage enterprise database environments, focusing on Oracle, MySQL, and MariaDB. The role emphasizes database administration, performance tuning, and high availability, working closely with application and infrastructure teams.

The ideal candidate will have strong SQL and Unix/Linux skills and contribute to post-build support, deployments, and production database operations in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 6–9 years of database administration/engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience with Oracle, MySQL and MariaDB.
• Strong SQL and database performance tuning skills.
• Proficient in Unix/Linux environments.
• Experience with Sybase databases.

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.

Skills

Oracle

MySQL

MariaDB

SQL

Unix/Linux

Sybase

Tools

Sybase databases

Job description

Job Title: Senior Database Engineer

Domain: Service Build Engineering

Sub-Domain: SBE - Post Build

Experience Level: Senior - L3 (6-9 years)

Location: Kuala Lumpur

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.