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Axonect

Senior Database Administrator

Axonect Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

IT Services and IT Consulting · 1,001-5,000 employees

5 h ago
dba Mid (2-5 yrs) Full-time Malaysia
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About the role

The Senior Database Administrator will manage, configure, and maintain enterprise database platforms to ensure high availability, performance, and security. They will also lead database migrations, upgrades, and modernization initiatives while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable solutions.

What they look for

Database Administration SQL Optimization Performance Tuning Backup And Recovery High Availability Disaster Recovery Linux Administration Unix Administration Scripting AWS Database Services Oracle Tibero Microsoft SQL Server PostgreSQL MySQL Database Security

Requirements

Candidates must hold a bachelor's degree in a relevant field and possess at least 4 years of hands-on experience in enterprise database administration. Proficiency in database platforms like Oracle, SQL Server, or PostgreSQL, along with strong Linux/Unix scripting skills, is required.

Full description

Key Responsibilities

  • Administer, configure, and maintain enterprise database platforms to ensure availability, performance, security, and reliability
  • Perform database installation, upgrades, patching, backup, recovery, and routine maintenance
  • Monitor and optimize database performance, troubleshoot issues, and implement SQL and database tuning improvements
  • Manage High Availability (HA), Disaster Recovery (DR), replication, and clustering solutions to ensure business continuity
  • Lead database migrations, upgrades, modernization initiatives, and capacity planning activities
  • Implement database security controls, hardening, auditing, encryption, and compliance measures
  • Support and optimize cloud-based database platforms and services, including AWS database solutions
  • Develop scripts and automation to improve operational efficiency, standardization, and database management
  • Collaborate with application, infrastructure, security, and vendor teams to deliver reliable and scalable database solutions
  • Maintain technical documentation, support critical production incidents, and drive continuous service improvement

Person Specifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field
  • 4+ years of hands-on Database Administration experience in enterprise production environments
  • Experience with Oracle/Tibero, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or MySQL database platforms
  • Strong knowledge of database administration, SQL optimization, performance tuning, backup and recovery, replication, clustering, HA, and DR
  • Experience in database installation, upgrades, patching, security hardening, and production support
  • Strong Linux/Unix administration and scripting skills
  • Familiarity with AWS database services, including RDS, Aurora, EC2, and AWS Backup
  • Exposure to MongoDB or other NoSQL databases, cloud migration, and database modernization is an advantage
  • Knowledge of database monitoring tools such as Grafana and Prometheus is desirable
  • Relevant database, cloud, or infrastructure certifications are advantageous
  • Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to support mission-critical systems

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