DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR PostgreSQL

Helius Technologies; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Helius Technologies is seeking an experienced PostgreSQL database administrator to design, deploy, and manage enterprise-grade databases. You will ensure high availability, performance, and security while coordinating with development and operations teams.

The role emphasizes hands-on tuning, backups, and disaster recovery planning, with responsibilities across provisioning, upgrades, and cross-functional collaboration in a Linux/VMware/Kubernetes environment.

Qualifications

• Proven PostgreSQL database administration, engineering, and production operations experience.
• Strong hands-on PostgreSQL installation, configuration, maintenance, patching, upgrades, and performance tuning.
• Solid understanding of PostgreSQL architecture, administration, troubleshooting, and best practices.
• Experience designing and implementing backup, recovery, high availability, and failover solutions.
• Familiarity with data modelling principles and related tools.
• Hands-on UNIX/Linux administration and scripting for automation and operational support.
• Experience with VMware ESXi and Kubernetes environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, install, configure, and administer PostgreSQL databases to support business applications and enterprise systems.
• Perform database provisioning, maintenance, patching, version upgrades, and environment management.
• Monitor database performance, availability, and stability; perform performance tuning and optimisation.
• Design, implement, and maintain backup and recovery strategies, DR procedures, and failover mechanisms.
• Manage database security, access controls, configuration management, and operational standards.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, application development and engineering teams to support development and testing.
• Support data modelling efforts using appropriate modelling tools and techniques.

Skills

PostgreSQL administration

Database engineering

Performance tuning

UNIX/Linux scripting

Kubernetes

VMware ESXi

Disaster recovery planning

Security basics

Tools

PostgreSQL

VMware ESXi

Kubernetes

UNIX/Linux scripting

Job description

Job Responsibilities

• Design, implement, install, configure, and administer PostgreSQL databases to support business applications and enterprise systems.




• Perform database engineering and operational activities, including database provisioning, maintenance, patching, version upgrades, and environment management.




• Monitor database performance, availability, and stability, and perform performance tuning and optimisation to ensure efficient database operations.




• Design, implement, and maintain database backup and recovery strategies, disaster recovery procedures, and failover mechanisms in accordance with industry best practices.




• Manage database security, access controls, configuration management, and operational standards to ensure data integrity, availability, and confidentiality.




• Work closely with business stakeholders, application development teams, and engineering teams to support application development, testing, troubleshooting, and database-related requirements.




• Support the design and implementation of data models using appropriate data modelling tools and techniques.

Job Requirements

• Proven experience in PostgreSQL database administration, engineering, and production operations.




• Strong hands-on experience in PostgreSQL installation, configuration, maintenance, patching, upgrades, and performance tuning.




• Solid understanding of PostgreSQL database architecture, administration, troubleshooting, and operational best practices.




• Experience designing and implementing database backup, recovery, high availability, and failover solutions.




• Familiarity with data modelling tools and database design principles.




• Hands-on experience with UNIX/Linux administration and scripting for database automation and operational support.




• Experience working with VMware ESXi virtual machines and Kubernetes environments.