Senior Database Administrator (DBA)

Senior Database Administrator (DBA)

Location: Petaling Jaya , Selangor
Experience: 5-7+ Years

Job Overview

We are looking for an experienced Senior Database Administrator (DBA) to manage, maintain, and optimize enterprise database environments supporting critical business applications. The ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring database availability, performance, security, scalability, and reliability across both on-premises and cloud platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain enterprise database platforms.

• Perform database installation, configuration, upgrades, patching, backup, and recovery.

• Monitor and optimize database performance and troubleshoot issues.

• Manage High Availability (HA), Disaster Recovery (DR), replication, and clustering solutions.

• Lead database migrations, modernization initiatives, and capacity planning activities.

• Implement database security controls, auditing, and compliance requirements.

• Support cloud-hosted database environments.

• Automate and improve database operational processes.

• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, security, and vendor teams.

• Maintain technical documentation and provide production support when required.

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.

• Minimum 5-7 years of Database Administration experience in enterprise environments.

• Hands-on experience with Oracle, Tibero, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or MySQL.

• Strong knowledge of:

  • Database Administration

  • Performance Tuning & SQL Optimization

  • Backup & Recovery

  • Replication & Clustering

  • High Availability (HA) & Disaster Recovery (DR)

• Experience with database installation, upgrades, patching, and security hardening.

• Strong Linux/Unix administration and scripting skills.

• Experience supporting mission-critical production systems.

• Strong troubleshooting, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with MongoDB or other NoSQL databases.

• Experience with AWS database services (RDS, Aurora, EC2, Backup).

• Exposure to cloud migration, database modernization, and automation initiatives.

• Experience with monitoring tools such as Grafana and Prometheus.

• Knowledge of database security, auditing, compliance, and encryption.

Added Advantage

• Relevant database, cloud, or infrastructure certifications.

• Experience in database modernization and cloud migration projects.

• Experience supporting HA/DR environments.