Key Responsibilities
· Design the database’s architecture and modelling strategies to ensure that the database is secure, scalable and performs reliably.
· Work with the application development team to define the application data model and work on tuning and optimizing database related operation.
· Be point of contact to principal vendors for software and hardware.
· Provide production support and responsible for the resolution of database related issues and duty rotation for after-office-hours support.
· Provide support on to application team on database related matters (e.g. data patching, application deployments, extracting data from database for reporting)
· Plan and strategize data mapping for migration of data from legacy systems to support the deployment of the project, ensuring no data loss during conversion.
· Review data mapping/conversion/integration specs between systems to ensure appropriate mapping quality and adherence to modelling strategies.
· Ensure timeliness and accuracy of data sync during co-existence with legacy systems.
· Develop and maintain database-related codes / scripts such as data sync scripts, data masking scripts, stored procedures etc.
· Ensure database services and servers availability.
· Install and configure Database and associated products.
· Provide operational support including:
o Ensuring database patches are performed in accordance with the patch release cycle.
o Troubleshoot and remediate security vulnerabilities reported by security scan.
o Reviewing and maintaining of database accounts.
o Monitoring and optimising database performance, such as optimising queries, creating indexes etc.
o Capacity planning.
o Configuring backup on database.
o Ensuring database is hardening in accordance with Authority standards.
What we are looking for
· Past track records with Oracle/MSSQL/DB2/MySQL/Postgres/Maria/Mongol databases including setting up and managing the environment.
· Experience in setting up and managing databases in a high availability active-active setup will be added advantage.
· Knowledge in PL/SQL scripting will be added advantage.
· Knowledge in working with ETL and data co-existence technology with legacy systems will be added advantage.
· Knowledge with DB audit and security will be added advantage.
· Knowledge with data masking products will be added advantage.