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:

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

CEI No: R1659595 / EA No: 07C3147