PostgreSQL DBA & Observability Engineer (DBaaS)

Taleo; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Taleo in Singapore is seeking a hands-on database engineering expert for PostgreSQL observability and operations within GIC's database engineering function. The role drives day-to-day operational excellence and supports the shift toward cloud and modern database platforms.

This delivery-focused engineering position emphasizes instrumenting, automating, and operating databases as a managed service, with emphasis on reliability and performance in production environments.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on database administration in a large enterprise.
• Strong PostgreSQL depth; financial services exposure preferred.
• Experience with database observability tooling (Datadog, OEM, Grafana).
• Cloud database services and managed DB models on AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Automation using Python and Ansible; SQL and Shell scripting.
• Linux/Unix administration; networking and storage awareness.
• Experience supporting change and incident management through ServiceNow.

Responsibilities

• Administer, tune and support PostgreSQL across production and non-production environments, including installation, upgrade, patching, backup and recovery.
• Operate with the wider estate alongside the platform team, with working depth in Oracle and MSSQL where required.
• Manage cloud-hosted and managed database services (AWS RDS/Aurora or equivalent), applying cloud-native operating patterns.
• Deliver and operate database-as-a-service capability — provisioning, lifecycle management, standard templates and self-service consumption models.
• Perform capacity planning, performance diagnostics, query tuning and root-cause analysis on production incidents.

Skills

PostgreSQL depth

Database administration

Observability tooling

Python scripting

Ansible automation

Cloud databases

Shell scripting

Linux/Unix administration

ServiceNow incidents

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Tools

Datadog

Oracle OEM

Grafana

Terraform

Job description

Taleo in Singapore is seeking a hands-on database engineering expert for PostgreSQL observability and operations within GIC's database engineering function. The role drives day-to-day operational excellence and supports the shift toward cloud and modern database platforms.

This delivery-focused engineering position emphasizes instrumenting, automating, and operating databases as a managed service, with emphasis on reliability and performance in production environments.