Azure SQL Database Administrator

NTT SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT Singapore Pte. Ltd. is seeking a Database Administrator to support database administration and operations across enterprise environments including Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL, AWS database services, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle.

The role focuses on availability, performance, security, recovery, and continuous service improvement within a managed services setting. The candidate will administer SQL Server and Azure SQL, troubleshoot production issues, implement backups, and collaborate

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of hands-on experience in relational database administration in enterprise or managed services environments.
• Strong experience with Microsoft SQL Server administration and Azure SQL Database.
• Experience with AWS database services (RDS or Aurora), MySQL, and PostgreSQL.
• Proficient in database backup, restore, and recovery operations.
• Familiar with high availability, disaster recovery concepts, and security management.
• Ability to troubleshoot across database, application, server, storage, and network layers.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL, and other enterprise database platforms.
• Ensure availability, performance and security with proactive monitoring and incident resolution.
• Plan and execute database creation, user management, and security configurations.
• Troubleshoot SQL development and production issues and perform data migrations as needed.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and share knowledge within the team.

Skills

Relational DB administration

Microsoft SQL Server

Azure SQL Database

AWS database services

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Backup and recovery

Performance monitoring

Troubleshooting

Security and access control

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS

Microsoft Database certifications

Tools

SQL Server Management Studio

PowerShell

Azure Monitor

Job description

The Database Administrator is responsible for supporting database administration and operational activities across enterprise database environments, including Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL, AWS database services, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MariaDB, and other common database platforms.

In addition, the role operates within a managed services environment, ensuring database platforms remain available, performant, secure, recoverable, and compliant through proactive monitoring, troubleshooting, incident resolution, backup and recovery, change implementation, and continuous service improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Database Administration & Operations

• Administer and maintain Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL, and other enterprise database platforms.

Azure SQL Database Support, Customer Engineer, Solution Architect

• Responsible for ensuring availability, performance and proactive monitoring of database systems (SQL Server), delivering secure services with minimal downtime.
• Involved in troubleshooting SQL development and Production issues using Query Performance Insights, providing
• Accidental protection on databases via Lock Mechanism.
• Implemented Elastic Queries and configured Azure Elastic Pools for efficient multi-tenant database management.
• Responsible for planning and organizing database, Database creation, manage users, password security, privileges &
• roles, performance tuning, restoration, user creation, script running, etc
• Share knowledge, document solutions, and contribute to knowledge base improvements.
• Support junior engineers and collaborate across cross-functional teams.

Required Skills & Experience

• 3-6 years of hands‑on experience in relational database administration, preferably in enterprise or managed services environments.
• Microsoft SQL Server administration
• Azure SQL Database and/or Azure SQL Managed Instance
• AWS database services such as Amazon RDS or Aurora
• MySQL and/or PostgreSQL administration
• Database backup, restore, and recovery operations
• Performance monitoring, troubleshooting, and basic tuning
• Exposure to other database platforms such as Oracle, MariaDB, MongoDB, or other NoSQL technologies is advantageous.
• Good understanding of database security, access control, and permission management.
• Familiarity with high availability and disaster recovery concepts such as clustering, replication, log shipping, Always On, failover, and DR testing.
• Experience supporting enterprise database environments, operational support, migration, upgrade, or modernization activities.
• Ability to troubleshoot issues across database, application, server, storage, backup, network, and cloud layers.

Key Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Hands‑on operational mindset with good troubleshooting discipline.
• Ability to work in high‑pressure, mission‑critical environments.
• Good communication and stakeholder interaction skills.
• Attention to detail and strong documentation practices.
• Willingness to learn and support multiple database technologies across on‑premises and cloud platforms.

Knowledge and Attributes

• Ability to work collaboratively across teams and cultures.
• Strong planning and organizational skills.
• Ability to perform effectively under pressure.
• Strong communication and active listening skills.
• Client‑first approach with focus on service quality.
• Good understanding of managed services operations and ITIL‑based service delivery.
• Able to participate in shift support, standby support, maintenance windows, and after‑hours activities where required.

Qualifications & Certifications

• Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent hands‑inexperience.
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate
• Microsoft SQL Server certifications
• AWS database or cloud certifications
• MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, or other database certifications
• ITIL Foundation or equivalent service management certification
• Other cloud, infrastructure, or security certifications are advantageous

Nice to Have

• Experience with database automation or scripting using T‑SQL, PowerShell, Python, Bash, or equivalent tools.
• Exposure to multi‑cloud database environments across Azure and AWS.
• Familiarity with data migration tools such as AWS DMS, Azure Database Migration Service, native database tools, or equivalent.
• Exposure to monitoring and logging tools such as Azure Monitor, AWS CloudWatch, SolarWinds, Splunk, SCOM, or equivalent.
• Understanding of adjacent infrastructure components such as Windows Server, Linux, storage, backup, network, and security.
• Experience working in managed services, outsourcing, enterprise operations, or production support environments.