Senior Banking Database Administrator – Production, DR & Security

Bank Makramah Ltd.; Karachi Division; On-site; PKR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Bank Makramah Ltd. in Karachi, Pakistan, is seeking a seasoned Database Administrator to own production and UAT environments, tune performance, and harden security across Sybase, MS SQL Server, and MySQL.

You will lead disaster recovery planning, backups, and schema migrations, work with core banking and e-channel applications, and collaborate with auditors to ensure compliance while advancing data governance and uptime.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or higher degree in CS/IT/SE or related field.
• 5+ years of progressive database administration experience.
• Hands-on with Sybase, MS SQL Server, and MySQL.
• Experience with disaster recovery, backups, and high-availability.
• Familiarity with IT audits and banking security standards.

Responsibilities

• Manage production and UAT database environments including Sybase, MSSQL, and MySQL.
• Ensure high availability, performance tuning, and indexing efficiency.
• Implement robust data security controls, access management, encryption, and patches.
• Design, test, and execute disaster recovery, backups, and PIT restoration procedures.
• Support core banking systems, e-channel apps, and payment gateways.
• Coordinate with auditors during compliance reviews and security assessments.
• Plan upgrades, patch cycles, and schema migrations.
• Maintain database documentation, metrics, and runbooks.

Skills

Disaster recovery planning

Security hardening

Backup testing

Audits & compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or higher in CS/IT/Software Engineering

Tools

Sybase

MS SQL Server

MySQL

Azure/AWS cloud DB services

Docker

Nagios/Prometheus/DB monitoring

Job description

Bank Makramah Ltd. in Karachi, Pakistan, is seeking a seasoned Database Administrator to own production and UAT environments, tune performance, and harden security across Sybase, MS SQL Server, and MySQL.

You will lead disaster recovery planning, backups, and schema migrations, work with core banking and e-channel applications, and collaborate with auditors to ensure compliance while advancing data governance and uptime.