Senior Database Administrator

1 day ago

Singapore COMBUILDER PTE LTD Full time

**Position Overview**:
A Senior Database Administrator leads database design across large, distributed systems to ensure consistency, performance, and compliance. This role aligns database strategy with enterprise architecture, supporting long-term scalability and governance.

**Responsibilities**:

- Design and implement scalable, secure database architectures across platforms.
- Align data architecture with organizational goals and regulatory frameworks.
- Provide architectural guidance on cloud adoption, multi-tenant systems, or hybrid environments.
- Oversee integration of multiple database platforms and legacy systems. Provide architectural oversight for cross-functional projects and system upgrades
- Define data modelling standards, normalization rules, and schema strategies
- Evaluate and recommend database technologies for specific business use cases
- Oversee performance planning, indexing strategies, and data retention policies
- Collaborate with development, DevOps, and infrastructure teams to align data strategy
- Define high availability, failover, and backup strategies. Oversees backup, failover, and performance monitoring for distributed clusters.
- Create documentation outlining database architecture, data flows, and integrationsSupport compliance efforts by embedding security and governance requirements into design

**Requirements**:

- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering or a related technical field. Master’s degree preferred.
- (preferred) Oracle Certified Professional, Oracle Exadata Specialist Certified, TOGAF, DAMA, or cloud-specific architecture certifications.
- At least 12 years total experience with 8 years of track record leadership in cross-functional technical environments. Strong documentation and systems planning ability.
- Clear communication across technical and non-technical audiences.
- Advanced proficiency in data modelling and database design (relational and NoSQL).
- Deep understanding of SQL and one or more major DBMS platforms (e.g., SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Casandra)
- Strong query tuning and data modelling skills in non-relational systems
- Deep understanding of database scaling, partitioning, and replication strategies
- Strong knowledge of compliance frameworks, backup planning and database security best practices and protocols (IAM, encryption, and VPC-based access controls, etc).
- Deep knowledge of cloud database offerings (e.g., Aurora, Cosmos DB, Spanner)
- Familiarity with database scripting languages like SQL, PL/SQL, or T-SQL
- Experience with data warehousing design and ETL processes, integration tools, and cloud-native data solutions (e.g., AWS RDS, DynamoDB, Azure SQL, Google Cloud Spanner, BigQuery and etc).
- Knowledge of cloud billing optimization and cost reporting tools.Strategic thinking and problem-solving mindset

**Preferred Qualifications**:

- Experience integrating with microservices or serverless architectures
- Familiarity with data lake, data warehouse, or big data architecture design
- Proven track record of collaboration with global IT infra and information security, compliance, or audit teams.
- Familiarity with enterprise data catalogs and MDM platforms
- Strong background in data governance, compliance, and policy design
- Experience leading major database migrations or modernization initiatives
- Experience integrating diverse systems at enterprise scale
- Exposure to infrastructure-as-code and DevOps pipelines supporting data systems

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