Senior Database Platform Engineer – Cloud & HA

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

Job summary

GIC in Singapore is seeking a Senior Database Engineer to design, run and modernise our database platforms across Oracle, PostgreSQL and MS SQL Server, on-premises and in the cloud. You will drive resilience, throughput and security for critical business applications.

You will lead cloud migrations, implement high availability, backup and disaster recovery strategies, and collaborate with security, risk and DevOps teams to shape our data platform strategy and standards.

Qualifications

• A degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering or related field.
• At least 8 years of hands-on database engineering in enterprise environments.
• Deep expertise in at least two of Oracle, PostgreSQL and MS SQL Server.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP).
• Strong SQL and performance tuning; automation and IaC experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain high-availability database environments.
• Lead migrations to cloud and between engines.
• Implement backup, recovery and disaster recovery strategies.
• Automate provisioning and operations with IaC scripts.
• Collaborate with security, risk and DevOps teams.

Skills

Oracle

PostgreSQL

MS SQL Server

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or related field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

PowerShell

Job description

GIC in Singapore is seeking a Senior Database Engineer to design, run and modernise our database platforms across Oracle, PostgreSQL and MS SQL Server, on-premises and in the cloud. You will drive resilience, throughput and security for critical business applications.

You will lead cloud migrations, implement high availability, backup and disaster recovery strategies, and collaborate with security, risk and DevOps teams to shape our data platform strategy and standards.