Senior Database Engineer

OCBC Bank; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base salary

Benefits package

Learning & development

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

OCBC Bank in Singapore invites a seasoned Database Engineer to join our expanding technology team. You will manage databases across multiple platforms, ensure high availability, and drive performance tuning to support business applications.

Collaboration with IT and vendor teams will be essential as you design, test, and implement solutions to keep our systems secure and reliable. The role emphasizes automation, complex recovery, and engaging with application teams to deliver robust data

Qualifications

• Minimum 10+ years in database administration including install, configure, backup/recovery, tuning, and support for apps.
• Experience with high availability and disaster recovery techniques is essential.
• Knowledge of Oracle, SQL Server, EDB Postgres, MongoDB is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage databases by administering, installing, configuring, upgrading, and patching.
• Monitor and optimize database performance with capacity planning and detailed analysis.
• Perform backups, complex recovery, and issue troubleshooting.
• Automate routine tasks with scripts and open-source tools.

Skills

10+ years experience

DBA expertise

High availability

Performance tuning

Geo-redundant architectures

Oracle knowledge

SQL Server knowledge

EDB Postgres

MongoDB

Communication skills

Job description

WHO WE ARE:

As Singapore’s longest established bank, we have been dedicated to enabling individuals and businesses to achieve their aspirations since 1932. How? By taking the time to truly understand people. From there, we provide support, services, solutions, and career paths that meet their individual needs and desires. Today, we’re on a journey of transformation. Leveraging technology and creativity to become a future‑ready learning organisation. But for all that change, our strategic ambition is consistently clear and bold, which is to be Asia’s leading financial services partner for a sustainable future. We invite you to build the bank of the future. Innovate the way we deliver financial services. Work in friendly, supportive teams. Build lasting value in your community. Help people grow their assets, business, and investments. Take your learning as far as you can. Or simply enjoy a vibrant, future‑ready career. Your Opportunity Starts Here.

Why Join

Imagine being part of a team that powers the technology behind one of Singapore's longest established banks. As a Database Engineer at OCBC, you'll play a critical role in ensuring our systems and infrastructure are secure, efficient, and always available. You'll be part of a team that's driving innovation and transformation in the banking industry.

How you succeed

To succeed in this role, you'll need to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to technology trends and advancements. You'll work closely with our technology teams to design, implement, and maintain our infrastructure, ensuring it's aligned with our business goals and objectives. You'll need to be proactive, collaborative, and always looking for ways to improve our systems and processes.

What you do

Manage databases by administering, installing, configuring, upgrading, and patching. Monitor and optimize database performance, utilizing advanced skills in database tool usage including capacity planning with a detailed analysis and recommendation. Perform database backup and complex recovery. Perform strong troubleshooting, diagnosing and recovery from complex database issues. Automate routine tasks using scripts and open-source tools. Provide strong technical assistance and advice to application teams. Co-ordinate with internal IT and escort vendors for timely response/recovery. Gather requirements, design business and technical aspects, develop, test, implement, and write queries, stored procedures, and automation scripts for various database technologies.

Who you are

• Minimum requirement of 10+ years of experience in database administration, encompassing installation, configuration, backup/recovery, database tuning, and support for application design and development.
• Proficiency in physical database modelling, information engineering, multi-tier design and development, and open systems.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in database high availability and disaster recovery techniques and concepts.
• Experience in performance analysis (IO, CPU, etc.) and optimization (indexes, partitions, schema re-design, etc.).
• Familiarity with geo-redundant database architectures (Always‑On, Active/Active, Master/Master, etc.) will be considered an advantageous skill.
• Relevant experience on Oracle, SQL Server, EDB Postgres, MongoDB are more suitable for the requirement.
• Having good interpersonal, analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Having good communication skills and able to work independently with minimal supervision.

WHO WE ARE:

As Singapore's longest established bank, we have been dedicated to enabling individuals and businesses to achieve their aspirations since 1932. How? By taking the time to truly understand people. From there, we provide support, services, solutions, and career paths that meet their individual needs and desires. Today, we're on a journey of transformation. Leveraging technology and creativity to become a future‑ready learning organisation. But for all that change, our strategic ambition is consistently clear and bold, which is to be Asia's leading financial services partner for a sustainable future. We invite you to build the bank of the future. Innovate the way we deliver financial services. Work in friendly, supportive teams. Build lasting value in your community. Help people grow their assets, business, and investments. Take your learning as far as you can. Or simply enjoy a vibrant, future‑ready career. Your Opportunity Starts Here. We are the second largest financial services group in Southeast Asia by assets with one of the world’s highest credit rating (Aa1 by Moody’s and AA- by both Fitch and S&P). We offer private banking services through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Bank of Singapore, which operates on a unique open‑architecture product platform to source for the best‑in‑class products to meet its clients’ goals. Our insurance subsidiary, Great Eastern Holdings, is the oldest and most established life insurance group in Singapore and Malaysia.

What we offer:

• Competitive base salary.
• A suite of holistic, flexible benefits to suit every lifestyle.
• Community initiatives.
• Industry‑leading learning and professional development opportunities.
• Your wellbeing, growth and aspirations are every bit as cared for as the needs of our customers.