Database Administrator

USER EXPERIENCE RESEARCHERS PTE. LTD; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

USER EXPERIENCE RESEARCHERS PTE. LTD in Singapore is seeking a Database Consultant to manage enterprise DBMS across on‑premises and cloud. You will ensure security, performance, availability, and reliability, while supporting data governance and modernisation initiatives.

You will design architectures, implement automation, and assist migrations to AWS and Azure, with strong emphasis on data masking, access controls, and documentation for stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Degree in CS/IT/CE or related discipline.
• 4+ years hands-on experience managing enterprise relational DBMS (MS SQL Server/Oracle).
• Experience with AWS and Azure cloud environments.
• Experience with data masking/scrambling and obfuscation solutions.
• SQL scripting, database refresh, cloning, and migration activities.
• Implementation of database security controls (auditing, encryption, privileged access).
• Automation scripts for DB administration and monitoring.
• Handling high-priority incidents and RCA reports with corrective actions.
• Producing operational docs and conducting stakeholder briefings.
• Experience with or administering a DAM solution; cloud migrations.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, upgrade, patch, and maintain database servers.
• Monitor database performance, ensure high availability and reliability.
• Diagnose incidents, errors, and service disruptions.
• Manage access controls, privileges, and data integrity.
• Design architecture, develop SQL scripts, and tune performance.
• Back up, restore, recover, and implement DR/BC plans.
• Support data scrambling/masking in non-production environments.
• Assist cloud migrations to AWS/Azure and manage cloud DB services.

Skills

Database administration

Cloud operations

Data security

Automation scripting

Technical documentation

Stakeholder communication

Education

Degree in Computer Science/IT/CE or related

Tools

MS SQL Server

Oracle

AWS

Azure

Database Activity Monitoring (DAM)

Job description

The Database Consultant is responsible for the full lifecycle management of enterprise database systems, ensuring optimal performance, security, availability, and reliability across on-premises and cloud environments. The role supports data-driven initiatives, secure data access, data integrity, cloud migration, and data governance activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Install, configure, upgrade, patch, and maintain database servers and instances.
• Monitor database performance and ensure high availability, reliability, and operational excellence.
• Diagnose and resolve database incidents, errors, performance issues, and service disruptions.
• Manage database access controls, user privileges, standards, and data integrity.
• Design database architecture, develop SQL scripts, conduct performance tuning, and optimize workloads.
• Perform database backup, restoration, recovery, disaster recovery, and business continuity activities.
• Handle service requests covering data queries, database cloning, deployments, configuration extraction, and data scrambling.
• Administer and support data scrambling and masking solutions for non-production environments.
• Support database migration and modernization initiatives from on-premises environments to AWS and Azure cloud environments.
• Manage and support cloud database services such as AWS RDS, AWS Redshift, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and other relevant services.
• Ensure seamless integration and connectivity between databases, applications, and enterprise platforms.
• Implement database security controls, encryption, auditing, vulnerability remediation, and security best practices.
• Support compliance with organizational, regulatory, audit, and security governance requirements.
• Develop and maintain database operational procedures, standards, runbooks, and technical documentation.
• Provide technical consultancy to stakeholders on database technologies, cloud adoption, data security, and data management.
• Stay current with emerging database technologies, cloud services, security practices, and industry standards.

Minimum Requirements

• 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, including Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle.
• Hands‑on experience supporting databases hosted in AWS and Azure cloud environments.
• Hands‑on experience with data masking, data scrambling, or equivalent data obfuscation solutions.
• Practical experience performing database refresh, cloning, and migration activities.
• Hands‑on experience implementing or administering database security controls, such as database auditing, encryption, privileged access controls, vulnerability remediation, and security hardening.
• Experience developing and maintaining automation scripts or tools for database administration, monitoring, restoration, deployment, or housekeeping activities.
• Experience supporting high‑priority production incidents and preparing root cause analysis (RCA) reports with corrective actions.
• Experience producing operational and technical documentation, such as SOPs, DR plans, architecture documents, runbooks, or technical designs, and conducting stakeholder presentations or technical briefings.
• Hands‑on experience supporting or administering a Database Activity Monitoring (DAM) solution.Experience participating in cloud migration projects involving AWS, Azure, or hybrid database architectures.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.

Core Competencies

• Database administration and performance optimization
• Cloud database operations across AWS and Azure
• Data security, masking, and scrambling
• Database migration and modernization
• Technical documentation and stakeholder engagement
• Database monitoring, automation, and operational support