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Regional Database Administrator (DBA)

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This job is a Regional Database Administrator (DBA), where you'll manage databases across different areas. You might like this job because it combines cloud management, performance tuning, and teamwork while ensuring data security and reliability.

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Glenmarie, Selangor

Job Description

Position Responsibilities

Database Operations & Administration

  •  Manage and maintain production databases across multiple regions
  •  Perform installation, configuration, patching, and upgrades of database systems
  •  Monitor database health, performance, and availability
  •  Manage database backups and recovery procedure

High Availability & Disaster Recovery

  • Design and maintain high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) solutions
  • Implement replication strategies across regions
  • Ensure data integrity and minimal downtime
  • Regularly test backup restoration and DR failover procedures

Performance Optimization

  • Monitor database performance and resolve bottlenecks
  • Optimize queries, indexes, and database configurations
  • Work with developers to improve database schema design and query efffficiency
  • Implement caching or scaling strategies when necessary

Cloud Database Management

  • Manage databases deployed on cloud infrastructure
  • Support cloud database services such as: Amazon RDS / Aurora, Self-hosted databases on cloud infrastructure
  • Optimize cloud database usage for perfoformance and cost efffficiency

Security & Compliance

  • Implement database access control policies
  • Manage encryption, credentials, and database security practices
  • Ensure compliance with data protection and governance policies
  • Perform security audits and vulnerability assessments

Monitoring & Automation

  • Implement monitoring tools for proactive issue detection
  • Build automation scripts for routine database operations
  • Improve operational efficiency through Infrastructure as Code and automation

Cross-Regional Coordination

  • Support regional teams with database deployment and operations
  • Ensure consistent database standards across regions
  • Collaborate with SRE, DevOps, and data engineering teams

Job Requirements

Qualification and Experience

Experience

  • 4+ years experience as a Database Administrator in production environments
  • Experience managing high availability databases
  • Experience supporting mission-critical applications

Database Technologies

Strong experience with one or more of:

  • MySQL / MariaDB
  • PostgreSQL
  • Microsoft ft SQL Server
  • MongoDB (optional but beneficial)

Cloud Platforms

Experience with:

  • AWS (RDS, Aurora, EC2-hosted databases)
  • Cloud infrastructure management
  • Backup and DR solutions in cloud environments

Technical Skills

  • Database performance tuning
  • Query optimization
  • Replication and clustering
  • Backup and recovery strategies
  • Database monitoring tools

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience managing multi-region database clusters
  • Experience with large-scale distributed systems
  • Experience with database sharding or partitioning
  • Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (TeTerrafoform / CloudFormation)
  • Experience with containerized database environments

a Necessity, not a Luxury


Skills

Database Systems
Database Administration
Database Management Systems
Database Management

Company Benefits

Employee Discount

Enjoy employee discounts on beverage, merchandise, etc at all outlets across Malaysia.

Employee Perk Programmes

Establishment of corporate benefits to offer exclusive discounts or benefits to each employee.

Health and Wellness

Out-patient care and in-patient care are covered for all employee including ongoing wellness programs & activites.

Career Development

Job training and continuing education help to fuel employee career growth.

Extension Leave Benefits

Provide more generous with their leave days. We have more than 6 other types of leave!


Additional Info

Company Activity

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Career Level

Senior Executive

Job Specialisation


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