Database Administrator

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

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