Cloud Database Administrator: Performance, Security & Migration

User Experience Researchers Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

User Experience Researchers Pte Ltd seeks a Database Consultant to manage enterprise databases across on-prem and cloud (AWS/Azure). You will optimize performance, secure data, and drive migrations and governance while delivering reliable, scalable database services for critical business applications.

Responsibilities include tuning, incident resolution, automation, and extensive documentation, with a strong emphasis on security and compliance across production environments in Singapore.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 4 years of hands-on experience managing enterprise relational database management systems in production environments (MS SQL Server, Oracle).
• Hands-on experience with AWS and Azure cloud-hosted databases.
• Experience with data masking or scrambling solutions.
• Experience performing database refresh, cloning, and migration activities.
• Experience implementing database security controls (auditing, encryption, privileged access, vulnerability remediation).
• Experience developing automation scripts/tools for database administration, monitoring, or deployment.
• Experience supporting high-priority production incidents and RCA reports with corrective actions.
• Experience producing operational/technical documentation (SOPs, DR plans, runbooks).
• Experience supporting or administering a Database Activity Monitoring (DAM) solution.
• Experience in cloud migration projects involving AWS/Azure/hybrid architectures.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, patch, and maintain database servers and instances.
• Monitor performance to ensure high availability and reliability.
• Diagnose and resolve incidents, errors, and service disruptions.
• Manage database access controls and data integrity.
• Design database architecture and optimize workloads.
• Perform backups, restoration, and disaster recovery activities.
• Handle data queries, deployments, and configuration extractions.
• Support data masking solutions for non-production environments.
• Assist in migrations from on-premises to AWS and Azure clouds.
• Manage cloud services like AWS RDS, Redshift, Azure SQL Database/MI.
• Ensure integration between databases and enterprise applications.
• Implement database security controls and vulnerability remediation.
• Support governance, audits, and documentation; provide stakeholder briefings.
• Stay updated with new database tech and cloud services.

Skills

Database administration

Performance optimization

Cloud database operations

Data security

Database migration

Technical documentation

Stakeholder engagement

Automation scripting

Incident response & RCA

Education

Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline

Tools

AWS RDS

AWS Redshift

Azure SQL Database

Azure SQL Managed Instance

Job description

User Experience Researchers Pte Ltd seeks a Database Consultant to manage enterprise databases across on-prem and cloud (AWS/Azure). You will optimize performance, secure data, and drive migrations and governance while delivering reliable, scalable database services for critical business applications.

Responsibilities include tuning, incident resolution, automation, and extensive documentation, with a strong emphasis on security and compliance across production environments in Singapore.