11 Database Administrator jobs in the Philippines

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Qualifications
Must Have:

- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or any related course. < r>
- Minimum of 10 years of hands-on experience in Oracle Database Administration. (Non-negotiable)

- Minimum of 10 years of hands-on experience in MSSQL Database Administration. (Non-negotiable)

- Effective troubleshooting skills to diagnose and resolve database-related issues.





Good to Have:

- Familiarity with database virtualization and containerization technologies.

- Knowledge of data warehousing and big data technologies.

- Ability to work with other database systems (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL) beyond the "Must Have" options.

- Proficiency in using database monitoring and management tools (e.g., Oracle Enterprise Manager, SQL Server Management Studio, third-party monitoring tools).

- Knowledge of data warehousing concepts, ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes, and data analytics.

Job Description
Install, administer, and maintain complex databases and related infrastructure components, ensuring uptime, performance, and security meet service level agreements.

Provide technical support for data center operations, application management, and risk management, assisting in database considerations for application optimization.

Research and apply industry best practices, ensuring the database infrastructure remains cost-effective and up to date.

Communicate with database vendors to handle product updates, fixes, and support requirements.

Perform regular database housekeeping, including system backups, vendor maintenance, and documentation updates.

Conduct capacity management by collecting statistics and forecasting growth, and ensure resource allocation when needed.

Recommend improvements based on performance reviews to correct inefficiencies and optimize performance.

Implement configuration management, change management, and security patch management.

Lead troubleshooting efforts, including root cause analysis and recommending permanent solutions.

_The_ **_Database Administrator_** _will be part of the Group Functions Global Actuarial IT Support and will be responsible for providing service and support to the Actuarial Business, Systems, Platforms and Databases. We are looking for someone with strong analytical skills and solid operational & vendor management experience to support the IT needs and requirements, non-production and production fixes of the application. The candidate must have strong interpersonal skills, working with stakeholders and support teams across the globe._
_Have the skills and experience for the job? Learn more about it below!_
**Position Responsibilities:**
+ Perform database tuning and performance monitoring
+ Perform SQL Server installation, upgrade, patches and troubleshooting
+ Develop maintenance plan for SQL Servers and Application Servers
+ Take immediate actions when database and applications performance issues arise
+ Execute database and application implementations/deployments
+ Perform periodic backups and perform restore procedures if needed or requested
+ Administration of third-party applications
+ Maintain documentation procedure and standards
+ Attend to team, client and vendors meetings to discuss plans, growth, changes and issues.
+ Respond to Level 1 and Level 3 Support team concerns / questions
+ Identify areas of improvement and collaborate with interested parties to drive change with a focus on efficiency and risk management
**Required Qualifications:**
+ Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or any related course
+ 2 to 3 years' experience on IAAS and PAAS databases; SQL Server Databases
+ Understanding of Relational Database Management System Concept
+ Intermediate skills in one of the following SQL Scripting, Powershell Scripting, MS SQL, Azure, FTP/SFTP, SSIS, DTA and SQL profiler
+ Administration and Database Management background
+ Experience in Disaster Recovery Planning & High Availability Setup
+ SQL Server / Database Troubleshooting Skills
+ Knowledge and application of change & release management, ITIL4 & project management
+ Relevant experience working in DevOps organizations or idea about DevOps
+ Understanding of software development lifecycle
+ Understanding of how technology supports Manulife business strategy
+ **_Amenable to work in UP Ayala Technohub (Quezon City)_**
+ **_Amenable to work on a hybrid set-up (3x a week onsite)_**
+ **_Amenable to work in any shift schedule assigned (rotating shift; but flexible depending on business need)_**
**Preferred Qualifications:**
+ Collaborative attitude, willingness to work with team members
+ Constantly learns from both success and failure
+ Good verbal and written communication; able to effectively articulate technical vision, possibilities, and outcomes
+ Good organizational, multi-tasking and time management skills
+ Strong drive to ensure you meet defined service targets and Service Level Agreements
+ Ability to maintain the highest level of ethical conduct in safeguarding sensitive, confidential, financial, HR company information
+ Ability to work independently and as part of a team
**When you join our team:**
+ We'll empower you to learn and grow the career you want.
+ We'll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.
+ As part of our global team, we'll support you in shaping the future you want to see.
**Acerca de Manulife y John Hancock**
Manulife Financial Corporation es un importante proveedor internacional de servicios financieros que ayuda a las personas a tomar decisiones de una manera más fácil y a vivir mejor. Para obtener más información acerca de nosotros, visite .
**Manulife es un empleador que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades**
En Manulife/John Hancock, valoramos nuestra diversidad. Nos esforzamos por atraer, formar y retener una fuerza laboral tan diversa como los clientes a los que prestamos servicios, y para fomentar un entorno laboral inclusivo en el que se aprovechen las fortalezas de las culturas y las personas. Estamos comprometidos con la equidad en las contrataciones, la retención de talento, el ascenso y la remuneración, y administramos todas nuestras prácticas y programas sin discriminación por motivos de raza, ascendencia, lugar de origen, color, origen étnico, ciudadanía, religión o creencias religiosas, credo, sexo (incluyendo el embarazo y las afecciones relacionadas con este), orientación sexual, características genéticas, condición de veterano, identidad de género, expresión de género, edad, estado civil, estatus familiar, discapacidad, o cualquier otro aspecto protegido por la ley vigente.
Nuestra prioridad es eliminar las barreras para garantizar la igualdad de acceso al empleo. Un representante de Recursos Humanos trabajará con los solicitantes que requieran una adaptación razonable durante el proceso de solicitud. Toda la información que se haya compartido durante el proceso de solicitud de adaptación se almacenará y utilizará de manera congruente con las leyes y las políticas de Manulife/John Hancock correspondientes. Para solicitar una adaptación razonable en el proceso de solicitud, envíenos un mensaje a .
**Modalidades de Trabajo**
Híbrido

**Manila**:
**Philippines**:
A professional Database administrator will keep the database up and running smoothly 24/7.

The goal is to provide a seamless flow of information throughout the company, considering both backend data structure and frontend accessibility for end-users.

**Responsibilities**:
Use high-speed transaction recovery techniques and backup data

Define users and enable data distribution to the right user, in appropriate format and in a timely manner

Provide proactive and reactive data management support and training to users

Perform tests and evaluations regularly to ensure data security, privacy and integrity

**Requirements**:
Familiarity with programming languages API

Proven working experience as a Database administrator

Excellent knowledge of data backup, recovery, security, integrity and SQL

Familiarity with database design, documentation and coding

- The ideal candidate must have strong hands-on experience with multiple database technologies, including both relational and NoSQL systems. This includes:
- MySQL: Proficient in writing complex queries, stored procedures, indexing, and performance tuning in transactional environments. br>- Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL): Capable of working with large-scale enterprise databases, including T-SQL scripting, data warehousing concepts, and ETL processes.
- MongoDB: Experienced in managing schema-less data, creating optimized queries, handling document-based structures, and ensuring performance in high-throughput NoSQL environments.
- Candidates should be comfortable working with data modeling, query optimization, and database integration within modern application architectures.

_The_ **_Database Administrator_** _will be part of the Group Functions Systems and Platform Technology Services and will be responsible for providing service and support to the Actuarial Business, Systems, Platforms and Databases. We are looking for someone with strong analytical skills and solid operational & vendor management experience to support the IT needs and requirements, non-production and production fixes of the application. The candidate must have strong interpersonal skills, working with stakeholders and support teams across the globe._
**Position Responsibilities:**
+ Perform database tuning and performance monitoring
+ Perform SQL Server installation, upgrade, patches and troubleshooting
+ Develop maintenance plan for SQL Servers and Application Servers
+ Take immediate actions when database and applications performance issues arise
+ Execute database and application implementations/deployments
+ Perform periodic backups and perform restore procedures if needed or requested
+ Administration of third-party applications
+ Maintain documentation procedure and standards
+ Attend to team, client and vendors meetings to discuss plans, growth, changes and issues.
+ Respond to Level 1 and Level 3 Support team concerns / questions
+ Identify areas of improvement and collaborate with interested parties to drive change with a focus on efficiency and risk management
**Required Qualifications:**
+ Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or any related course
+ 2 to 3 years' experience on IAAS and PAAS databases; SQL Server Databases
+ Understanding of Relational Database Management System Concept
+ Intermediate skills in one of the following SQL Scripting, Powershell Scripting, MS SQL, Azure, FTP/SFTP, SSIS, DTA and SQL profiler
+ Administration and Database Management background
+ Experience in Disaster Recovery Planning & High Availability Setup
+ SQL Server / Database Troubleshooting Skills
+ Knowledge and application of change & release management, ITIL4 & project management
+ Relevant experience working in DevOps organizations or idea about DevOps
+ Understanding of software development lifecycle
+ Understanding of how technology supports Manulife business strategy
+ _Amenable to work in UP Ayala Technohub (Quezon City)_
+ _Amenable to work on a hybrid set-up (3x a week onsite)_
+ _Amenable to work in any shift schedule assigned (rotating shift; but flexible depending on business need)_
+ _Amenable to work on weekends / holidays depending on business need_
**Preferred Qualifications:**
+ Collaborative attitude, willingness to work with team members
+ Constantly learns from both success and failure
+ Good verbal and written communication; able to effectively articulate technical vision, possibilities, and outcomes
+ Good organizational, multi-tasking and time management skills
+ Strong drive to ensure you meet defined service targets and Service Level Agreements
+ Ability to maintain the highest level of ethical conduct in safeguarding sensitive, confidential, financial, HR company information
+ Ability to work independently and as part of a team
**When you join our team:**
- We'll empower you to learn and grow the career you want.
- We'll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being
and inclusion are more than just words.
- As part of our global team, we'll support you in shaping the future you want
to see.
**Acerca de Manulife y John Hancock**
Manulife Financial Corporation es un importante proveedor internacional de servicios financieros que ayuda a las personas a tomar decisiones de una manera más fácil y a vivir mejor. Para obtener más información acerca de nosotros, visite .
**Manulife es un empleador que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades**
En Manulife/John Hancock, valoramos nuestra diversidad. Nos esforzamos por atraer, formar y retener una fuerza laboral tan diversa como los clientes a los que prestamos servicios, y para fomentar un entorno laboral inclusivo en el que se aprovechen las fortalezas de las culturas y las personas. Estamos comprometidos con la equidad en las contrataciones, la retención de talento, el ascenso y la remuneración, y administramos todas nuestras prácticas y programas sin discriminación por motivos de raza, ascendencia, lugar de origen, color, origen étnico, ciudadanía, religión o creencias religiosas, credo, sexo (incluyendo el embarazo y las afecciones relacionadas con este), orientación sexual, características genéticas, condición de veterano, identidad de género, expresión de género, edad, estado civil, estatus familiar, discapacidad, o cualquier otro aspecto protegido por la ley vigente.
Nuestra prioridad es eliminar las barreras para garantizar la igualdad de acceso al empleo. Un representante de Recursos Humanos trabajará con los solicitantes que requieran una adaptación razonable durante el proceso de solicitud. Toda la información que se haya compartido durante el proceso de solicitud de adaptación se almacenará y utilizará de manera congruente con las leyes y las políticas de Manulife/John Hancock correspondientes. Para solicitar una adaptación razonable en el proceso de solicitud, envíenos un mensaje a .
**Modalidades de Trabajo**
Híbrido

Lexis Nexis Legal and Professional operates a large platform for applications and services to legal professional across the globe. As part of the SRE and Cloud Operations team, this role helps support all of the critical relational and nonrelational systems that power our advanced search and retrieval systems. Our systems are primarily hosted in the AWS cloud and we manage and maintain a large set of databases technologies to support our business. Lexis Nexis is on the leading edge of technology adoption and are leading the market with the adoption of AI systems driver by LLM technologies. As a DBA you will use to AWS database management skills to help optimize the creation, deployment and operation of databases technologies across production and non-production systems globally. This position requires solid relational database development skills in addition to specific experience with AWS RDS databases. This role offers tremendous opportunities for growth, and we encourage our technologists to explore opportunities outside of their core responsibilities and we provide lots opportunities to work with new technologies. This role supports critical customer applications that must be operational 24x7 with a 99.99% uptime goal. If you have a passion for cloud technologies and want to explore opportunities in the most cutting-edge technology spaces, this is the role for you.
Responsibilities:As a key member of the SRE and Cloud Operations team, you will use your database and AWS experience in the following areas:- Automate the creation of standard database configurations for a wide variety of platforms including Oracle, Postgres, MySQL, SQL Server- Maintain, support and upgrade database systems as required- Work with AWS to coordinate mandatory version upgrades- Assist development teams with migrations between database platforms e.g. moving Oracle databases to Postgres- Troubleshoot performance issues and assist development teams with query optimizations- Participate in 24x7 on-call support rotation- Manage all capacity decisions for production deployments including technology selection, high availability configuration, storage and compute needs, etc.- Assimilate knowledge in support of non-relational databases like DocumentDB, Dynamo, Apache Solr, Cassandra, Redis etc.
Requirements- Bachelor's degree (Information Systems, Computer Science/Engineering)- 4-6 years of overall DBA experience with at least 1 year of hands on experience using AWS RDS systems- Work experience with multiple database platforms; our most critical systems run in Oracle and Postgres but SQL Server and MySQL are also used- Experience with automation and IaC tools like CloudFormation and Terraform is desirable- Scripting capability (Python, BASH, JavaScript, Go etc.)- Demonstrated experience solving performance and capacity problems AWS certifications are desirable but not a requirement; we will give you the resources required to study and achieve critical certifications as part of your role
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At least 5 years database administration experience in a complex enterprise environment
- Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Engineering, or related disciplines
- Industry certifications in Microsoft SQL Server Database Administration
- Experience administering contemporary database systems - Microsoft SQL Server, Postgres, MongoDB
- Database and Server performance monitoring, tuning and capacity planning
- Solid understanding of backup and restore processes for databases
- Amazon RDS experience
- Windows Server and Linux Systems management in a business critical, enterprise environment
- Contemporary DevOps Tools & Practices - AWS Cloud Formation, AWS CDK
- Experience with continuous deployment tools - Jenkins and BitBucket
- Experience in working closely with software development teams to support the automation of deployment processes
- Excellent Scripting Ability - Python, Bash, Powershell
- Understanding of TCP/IP networks
- Systems & Network security - server hardening, endpoint security, vulnerability management, risk management
- Proactive approach to systems management and support
- Excellent technical problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Attention to detail
- Self-motivated team player with the ability to work calmly under pressure, meet tight deadlines and see tasks through to completion with mínimal supervision
- Knowledge of ITIL service management practices - Incident, Request, Problem, Change

**Job Type**: Permanent

**Salary**: Php120,000.00 - Php180,000.00 per month

Schedule:

- Day shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Ortigas Pasig: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

Investigate, diagnose, and fix SQL errors across multiple sites
Monitor the performance of database systems and optimize queries to ensure the systems run efficiently. br>Adjust and optimize SQL queries for improved performance
Develop, modify, and optimize SQL queries to generate reports that meet business requirements.
Manage data migration from one application to another
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand data requirements and provide analytical support.
Identifies areas of improvement and optimization of the product to enhance and improve user experience.

Qualifications:

Proven experience as Database Administrator, Database Analyst, or similar role.
Strong Analytical skills and Problem solving skills
Good understanding of Database architecture, software and database management skills
Ability to work efficiently under pressure and meet deadlines.
Strong communication skills.
Good understanding of the Data Protection Act.
Familiarity with Power BI or Tableau
Willingness to keep up to date with developments in technology
Good team working skills
Must have knowledge in SQL
Fresh graduates with good academic records are welcome to apply!

Nityo Infotech Services Philippines
Our client from Banking and Financial Industry is currently looking for Senior Database Administrator (Direct Hire) br>
Senior Database Administrator

Salary: 140,000
Set up: Hybrid, 3x onsite per week
Location: BGC Taguig City
Schedule: Morning Shift (M-F)

Qualifications:

Must have experienced as a Senior
At least 5 years proven experience in Database Administration
Skills Required: MySQL, MSSQL, and MongoDB