Database Administrator

Salt is looking to hire a Database Administrator for financial services client in Singapore for 6 to 12 months renewable contract role. The team is responsible for the reliability, stability, and performance of the financial systems.

Responsibilities

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Engage in global operations and engineering strategy for mission-critical database platforms supporting the client's internal platform financial systems.

Collaborate on innovation and automation to scale operations and reduce complexity across hybrid environments (on-prem and cloud).

Champion performance optimization, security, and compliance, ensuring platforms meet evolving regulatory and business needs.

Deep engagement in administration and engineering of OLTP, OLAP, data warehousing, and distributed NoSQL platforms.

Ensure 24x7 availability and resiliency for global investment systems.

Scale operations through advanced automation frameworks and custom toolsets.

Leverage LLM tools including Windsurf, Copilot to improve monitoring and maintenance utilities in Python, Perl and Java

Drive adoption of DevOps practices for database deployments and monitoring.

Engage with infrastructure, application, and business teams across regions to deliver seamless service.

Influence technology roadmaps and participate in architecture reviews.

Qualifications:
Platforms: Sybase ASE/IQ, Microsoft SQL Server, Snowflake, highly available distributed NoSQL data storage platforms, Cosmos DB.

Replication: Sybase Replication, MSSQL HA, HVR/Fivetran.

Cloud: Azure, AWS, GCP.

Automation & DevOps: Python, Perl, Java, Go, Windsurf, Copilot, Ansible/AWX, Git, Azure DevOps.

OS: Linux, Windows; advanced shell scripting and system performance analysis.

Approach: Problem solver with a passion for automation, operational excellence, continuous learning, and data-driven decision-making.

4+ years in enterprise database administration & engineering is desirable, 2+ years in software engineering, LLM/AI are helpful

CEI No: R1659595 / EA No: 07C3147

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