Database Administrator

Company Overview

Zenith Infotech (S) Pte Ltd, founded in 1997, provides expert IT professionals and solutions to enhance productivity for clients including large IT firms, consulting organizations, system integrators, government agencies, and MNCs.

Job Summary

This role supports migrating, upgrading, configuring, troubleshooting, and administering database platforms in production and non-production environments while ensuring IT compliance adherence.

Responsibilities

• Create and configure new databases and database networks following established guidelines for structure and file layout
• Review and enhance database scripts and procedures to improve transaction and log management
• Maintain and execute regular database maintenance schedules to ensure optimal performance
• Monitor backup, recovery, and replication processes to confirm successful completion
• Perform disaster recovery for critical systems and rebuild production or DR servers as needed
• Analyze and tune database performance through SQL query optimization, indexing, and partitioning
• Document daily system checks and provide status updates to relevant stakeholders
• Report monthly on database size, uptime, and performance metrics
• Review, update, and document database administration and operational procedures regularly
• Execute any other ad-hoc duties as assigned to support database operations

Required competencies and certifications

• Degree or diploma in Computer Science, Computing, Electrical Engineering, IT, or equivalent
• Experience in system administration for enterprise database environments
• Strong understanding and practical use of SQL and PL/SQL programming
• Familiarity with IT compliance standards such as CIS across technical environments including Windows and Linux
• Ability to analyze and resolve database-related problems quickly and effectively
• Effective verbal and written communication skills to document and report database status and issues

Preferred competencies and qualifications

• Knowledge of Oracle Linux and database intrusion detection technologies
• Familiarity with shell scripting to automate database tasks
• Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) or Oracle Certified Master (OCM) in Oracle Database
• Other relevant certifications in database management and administration

Other Information

• Work Week: Monday to Friday (8:30 AM – 6:00 PM)
• Work Arrangement: Full Onsite - West Central Region
• Salary: S$7,000–S$10,000 (with guaranteed and variable bonuses)

Benefits:

• Annual Leave: 18 days
• Medical Leave: 14 days
• Group Medical Insurance
• Other leave benefits as per MOM guidelines

EA 20S0237

Skills

Recovery Procedures, Configuring Databases, System Health Checks, Oracle, High Availability, Indexing, Design Layout, Replication, Database Administration, performance tuning of Queries, Transaction Management, SQL Server, Database Maintenance, Database Reporting, Disaster Recovery Management, Performance Metrics