Database Administrator

What is the team looking for?

As a Database Administrator, you will play a crucial role in managing, maintaining, and optimizing the company’s database systems. Your primary responsibility will be to ensure the efficient, secure, and reliable operation of databases across various platforms. You will work closely with the IT and development teams to implement database solutions that support the organization's business goals, maintain data integrity, and optimize database performance.

Job Description:

● Database Design, Development, and Maintenance
○ Build, optimize, and maintain conceptual, logical, and physical database models.
○ Design, develop, test, and deploy database objects
○ Formulate action plan and solutions for 'databases' maintenance.
○ Formulate action plan and solutions for 'databases' server maintenance.
○ Formulate action plan and solutions for 'databases' functions development.
○ Suggest optimizations or give recommendations on data architecture to support next generation of products and data initiatives

● Performance Optimization and Troubleshooting
○ Improve database performance.
○ Debug reported issues by QA and/or customers.
○ Formulate action plans and solutions for 'databases' troubleshooting on incidents and problems.
○ Perform similar duties aligned with the proper execution of roles and responsibilities assigned.

● Team Collaboration and Leadership
○ Reports to Data Management Lead.
○ Participate during sprint planning, daily stand-up meetings, and sprint review.
○ Ensure team members' performance and outcome meet a defined schedule and quality.
○ Enhance team's performance and technological level.
○ Ensure the team can process incidents and problems within OLA/SLA.
○ Control developing progress to meet OLA/SLA or project goals.
○ Ensure end-to-end service quality can meet the defined OLA/SLA.

● Incident and Problem Management
○ Provided 24/7 support through shifting schedules or on-call as business needs were determined by management.
○ Ensure the team can process incidents and problems within OLA/SLA.

Minimum qualifications:

● Database and Data Engineering Expertise
○ Expertise in databases (SQL and/or NoSQL) and data engineering best practices.
○ Working experience in OLTP or OLAP data modeling and designing data storage.
○ SQL and other programming languages (e.g. Java, PHP, Oracle).
○ With 3 years of actual developing experience with 1 of the following databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle.
○ With 3 years of actual experience with RDS on cloud services: Aliyun, AWS, GCP.

● Problem-solving and Analytical Skills
○ Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
○ Have problem analysis and resolution capabilities for troubleshooting and debugging.
○ Data Quality Management.

● Self-motivation and Team Collaboration
○ Must be self-motivated and comfortable supporting the data needs of multiple teams, systems, and products.
○ A good team player who is willing to learn.
○ Have independent thinking.

● Cloud and Database Experience
○ With 3 years of actual experience with RDS on cloud services: Aliyun, AWS, GCP.

● Willing to work on-site

Benefits:

● Health Care Plan (HMO) with Dental and Vision - Day One
● Group Life and Accident Insurance- Day One
● Unlimited coffee when reporting on-site
● Vacation Leave and Sick Leave both convertible to cash at the end year and distributed before the end of the first quarter of the succeeding year
● Bereavement Leave of 3 days upon regularization
● Training and Development Programs
● Unlimited Career advancement opportunities
● Work at Office Incentives
● 13th Month Pay as mandated by the Philippine Government.
● Government Mandated Benefits (SSS, PHIC, and Pag-IBIG)
● Birthday Gift