Systems Engineer - Database Specialist

ST Engineering Urban Solutions; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks an experienced Database Engineer in Singapore to manage and optimize databases for government security projects. You will design, implement, and maintain efficient databases, ensuring security and performance while collaborating with cross-functional teams. Candidates should possess strong knowledge of SQL databases and relevant certifications.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Systems Engineer or Database Engineer focused on SQL databases.
• Strong expertise in database design and optimization techniques.
• In-depth knowledge of various RDBMS.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable databases.
• Optimize SQL queries and database performance.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure database reliability.

Skills

Database design

SQL optimization

Database reliability

Disaster recovery

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Certification in database technologies

Tools

SQL Server

MySQL

PostgreSQL

AWS RDS

Azure SQL Database

NoSQL databases

Job description

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable and efficient databases to support application requirements.

• Optimize SQL queries and database performance by analyzing execution plans and indexing strategies, conduct tuning of database as needed.

• Plan, configure and test regular database backup, recovery processes, and disaster recovery.

• Monitor database health and performance, proactively identifying and resolving bottlenecks and issues.

• Troubleshoot complex SQL queries and provide solutions to improve execution speed and resource usage.

• Collaborate with development and operations teams to ensure database reliability and availability.

• Maintain documentation for database architectures, backup procedures, and maintenance schedules.

• Hardening and provide rectification of Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Test

• Support other systems, especially interfaces that use data storage.

• Stay updated with the latest trends and best practices in database technologies and performance tuning.

• Ensure security best practices in database management and access control.

Requirement/Skills

• Proven experience as a Systems Engineer or Database Engineer with a focus on SQL databases

• Strong expertise in database design, normalization, and optimization techniques.

• In-depth knowledge of SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, or other relational database management systems.

• Proficient in reading and interpreting SQL query execution plans to optimize query performance.

• Experience with backup, recovery, and maintenance of large-scale databases.

• Strong communication skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams.

• If you possess any of the following, it will be considered a bonus:

o Experience with database monitoring tools and performance tuning utilities.

o Knowledge of cloud-based database services (e.g., AWS RDS, Azure SQL Database).

o Familiarity with NoSQL databases is a plus.

o Certification in database technologies (e.g., Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate).

Useful Q&A information below:

• What types of the project will be handling: Government Security projects.

• Security clearances are required? yes, local born Singaporeans for ease of clearance.