Database Administrator/ L2 Database Administrator

Database Administrator / L2 Database Administrator

Employment Type: Contract

Monthly Salary: $4200 - $5000 + Offsite stand‑by allowance $200

• 1-year outsourced contract (renewable & convertible)
• $4200 - $5000 + Offsite stand‑by allowance $200
• Mon – Fri: 8:30am – 6pm
• Ang Mo Kio

Job Responsibilities

• Administrating Active Directory and Windows Update Services
• Manage and maintain all Active Directory objects, DNS records and Group Policies, handling requests for creation and removal of related items
• Assisting the Support Engineer or Software Engineer in problem resolution beyond the capability of the 1st Level Support Staff.
• Performing system recovery if needed.
• Escalating unsolvable problems to the 3rd Level Support Staff and reports the escalation to superior.
• Ensuring that the System runs according to contractual specifications after problem resolution.
• Providing advice on system / database performance monitoring and tuning.
• Ensuring deployments of approved patches/releases are implemented accordingly to Change Request.
• Complete all Service Requested accordingly to SLA timeframe.
• Assisting the Customer in the verification, isolation and/or provision of a temporary work‑around for the problem logged beyond 2nd Level Support Staff capability.
• Escalating unsolvable system problems and service request to the OEM/Vendor for technical support.
• Coordinating system development tasks to include design, integration and formal testing on the Change Request.
• Overseeing all transitions into production on the Change Request.
• Developing and complete actions in system specifications, technical and logistical requirements and other disciplines on the Change Request.
• Creating and maintaining programmatic and technical documentation to ensure efficient planning and execution on the Change Request.
• Managing and documenting system configurations on the Change Request.
• Perform troubleshooting and resolve incident based on SLA.
• Generating the relevant administrative records and reports.

Period

1-year outsourced contract (renewable & convertible)

Location

Ang Mo Kio

Working Hours

Mon – Fri: 8:30am – 6pm

$4200 - $5000 + Offsite stand‑by allowance $200

Job Requirements

• Minimum Diploma, preferably IT or Engineering‑related
• Minimum 1‑2 years of working experience in DBA and operation management in MS SQL Enterprise Server
• Proficient in Linux / Unix environment shell scripting
• Familiar with virtualization technologies
• Experience in setting up and supporting database mirroring, failover clustering would be advantageous
• Relevant working experience as an MYSQL/ MARIA DB / MS SQL Database Administrator in production environment would be advantageous
• Managing experience of MS SQL servers (2016, 2019, 2022)

Preferred Skills

• Strong understanding in Database clustering techniques and operations
• Past working experience in Cloud environment is an advantage
• Able to handle demanding service response and recovery turnaround
• Able to manage daily support tasks to meet stringent SLA requirements
• Excellent scheduling and multitasking skills
• Meticulous and process‑oriented
• Good, hard‑working attitude with ability to work well under pressure
• Good communication skills English (written, spoken) to liaise with native English‑speaking clients
• Good analytical skills with ability to work with others to resolve problems
• Good organization skills, with ability to properly document and track information
• Preferably with Microsoft Certification and/or ITIL certification
• Dynamic, customer oriented, experience working in a fast‑paced environment
• Committed and motivated individual and willing to work odd hours at times when required

Application Instructions

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We thank all applicants for your interest but regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.