Senior Associate, MariaDB Database Administrator, Group Infrastructure and Cloud, Technology & Operations

Business Function Group Technology and Operations (T&O) enables and empowers the bank with an efficient, nimble and resilient infrastructure through a strategic focus on productivity, quality & control, technology, people capability and innovation. In Group T&O, we manage the majority of the Bank's operational processes and inspire to delight our business partners through our multiple banking delivery channels. Responsibilities:

• MariaDB or MySQL database administration and database management
• Set up Master-Slave replication, Multi-Master replication, backup, point in time recovery, high available configurations and disaster recovery in a complex and dynamic production environment
• Ensure performance, security, and availability of databases
• Prepare documentations and specifications
• Profile server resource usage, optimize and tweak as necessary
• Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders
• Write and optimize SQL statements
• Write Linux shell scripts for maintenance and automation purposes
• Add recommendations on architecture/design decisions that will ensure optimal application performance with MySQL/MariaDB
• Maintaining production, UAT and dev databases without outage
• Work night shift coverage (10pm to 7am) which include weekends and holidays

• Strong proficiency in MariaDB or MySQL database management
• Minimum 4 years of experience in MariaDB or MySQL database administration
• Understanding of MySQL's underlying storage engines, such as InnoDB and MyISAM
• Experience setting up Master-Slave replication, Multi-Master replication, backup, point in time recovery, high available configurations and disaster recovery in a complex and dynamic production environment
• Provision MariaDB or MySQL instances
• Ensure performance, security, and availability of databases
• Prepare documentations and specifications
• Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders
• Knowledge of de-facto standards and best practices in MySQL or MariaDB
• Proficient in writing and optimizing SQL statements
• Proficient writing Linux shell scripts for maintenance and automation purposes
• Strong communication skills and ability to add recommendations on architecture/design decisions that will ensure optimal application performance with MySQL/MariaDB
• Position requires the ability to work various work schedules that support a 24x7 coverage may include nights, weekends and holidays
• Familiarity with other databases such as PostgreSQL/EDB, MS SQL will be an added advantage
• Knowledge of limitations in MySQL/MariaDB and their workarounds in contrast to other popular relational databases
• Highly coachable and willingness to learn
• Basic knowledge of Linux operating system (RedHat) and basic commands
• Should be a good team player
• Maintaining production, UAT and dev databases without outage