Database Administrator

UnionBank; Pasig; On-site; PHP 600,000 - 820,000; Full time

Job summary

UnionBank in the Philippines is looking for a Database Administrator to ensure MS SQL databases run efficiently, maintain peak availability, and handle incidents. You will oversee backups, scheduled jobs, and provide data extraction support for business needs, collaborating with IT teams.

The role requires strong problem-solving, communication, and teamwork skills, with hands-on experience in tuning, security, and capacity planning for enterprise database environments.

Qualifications

• Experience administering MS SQL databases in a production environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Willingness to learn and adapt to new tools.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Install/upgrade Database Server as needed.
• Liaise with management on critical issues for Database Operations.
• Monitor and document backups and scheduled jobs.
• Escalate problems to Team Manager when needed.
• Provide timely solutions and assist staff on database requests.
• Collaborate with database users to provide consultations based on business needs.
• Monitor and maintain security of databases and related systems.
• Perform performance tuning and capacity planning inputs.
• Manage database storage structures and parameters as required by developers.
• Keep systems updated with latest patches for data integrity and security.

Skills

MS SQL

Database Administration

Analytical

Good Communication Skills

Critical Thinking

Teamwork

Willingness to Learn

Job description

Office Location: UnionBank Plaza, Ortigas, Pasig City

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


• Adaptability


• Analytical


• Good Communication Skills


• Critical Thinking


• Teamwork


• Willingness to Learn