Position Overview

The Database Administrator is responsible for ensuring the reliability, performance, security, and availability of our mission-critical databases across multiple fintech platforms. This role manages database design, optimization, backup strategies, data integrity, and supports all database-related needs for engineering, analytics, and operations teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage, optimize, and maintain production and staging databases.
• Ensure high availability, performance tuning, and capacity planning.
• Monitor DB security, access control, and compliance requirements (PDPA/GDPR, ISO).
• Support developers with query optimization and schema improvements.
• Handle database migrations, version upgrades, and replication setups.

Required Qualifications

Technical

• Strong hands-on experience with MySQL, PostgreSQL and MongoDB (fintech-grade performance tuning).
• Solid understanding of indexing, queries, transaction handling, and optimization.
• Experience with high-availability setups (replication, clustering, failover).
• Knowledge of backup strategies, PITR, and disaster recovery planning.
• Experience working with cloud databases (AWS RDS, Azure Database services).
• Familiarity with scripting (Python, Bash) for automation.

Professional

• 4+ years of experience as a DBA or equivalent role.
• Ability to collaborate with engineering and product teams on data-related decisions.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Excellent written communication skills for documentation and incident reports.
• Ability to work in fast-paced, multi-project fintech environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in fintech, banking, digital lending, or SaaS platforms.
• Certification in AWS or Azure database specializations.
• Experience with database monitoring tools.
• Experience with ETL pipelines, data migration, or BI environments.
• Understanding of compliance frameworks (PCI-DSS, PDPA/GDPR, ISO27001).