Database Administrator

Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc.; Manila; On-site; PHP 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Union Bank of the Philippines is seeking a Database Administrator in Manila to ensure MS SQL environments run efficiently and with high availability. The role involves incident handling, backups monitoring, and supporting data extraction and reporting requests from users.

It is a full-time position based in the Philippines. The role emphasizes security, capacity planning, and collaboration with IT teams to keep databases secure and performing optimally.

Qualifications

• Experience with MS SQL databases and incident handling.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Good communication skills and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Guide Associate DBA in installing/upgrading database servers.
• Monitor backups and scheduled jobs; document outcomes.
• Provide ad hoc data extraction and report generation on demand.
• Liaise with management on critical database issues as needed.
• Maintain database security and apply patches to ensure data integrity.

Skills

MS SQL

Analytical thinking

Communication

Teamwork

Willingness to learn

Job description

3 - 5 Years

Employee

Job Description

Database Administrator

Employment Type: Full-time

About The Role

The Database Administrator responsible for ensuring that all MS SQL Database systems operate at peak efficiency and optimum availability and responsible for handling database related incidents.

What You'll Do:

• Guides Associate Database Administrator in installing/upgrading of Database Server when needed
• Assists Team Manager in liaising with management for issues and concerns that are critical for Database Operations
• Monitors and documents success/failure of Database backups for future planning requirements
• Monitors and documents success/failure of scheduled Database jobs and escalates problems to Team Manager when needed
• Responsible for providing solutions to Database related problems At the soonest possible time by providing assistance to other staff and users. escalates to Team Manager when needed
• Responsible for providing adhoc user requests such as Data extraction and report generation, in line with the proper Database requests forms
• Assists in liaising with Database users in giving Database consultation based on business requirements and user’s needs
• Responsible for Monitoring and maintaining security of databases and Database software on corporate, application, Database, role, program, and when applicable, table, view and column levels in cooperation with security experts and Systems programmers
• Responsible for performance tuning and corrective maintenance to assure that Database are performing efficiently and as expected
• Responsible for implementing disk space management to use as input for capacity planning requirements
• Responsible for creating primary Database storage structures (tablespaces) after application developers have designed an application
• Responsible for modifying the Database storage structures and parameters, as necessary, from information given by application developers, and vendor consultants
• Responsible for keeping up to date with latest product patches in order to ensure Data integrity and security effectiveness.

What We're Looking For:

• Accountability
• Analytical
• Good Communication Skills
• Critical Thinking
• Teamwork
• Willingness to Learn

Job Snapshot

Updated Date

18-Aug-2026

Job ID

JOB_884

Department

Infrastructure and Service Management

Location