Binary Academy
[315] Senior Database Administrator
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Kebayoran Lama, Jakarta
- Work setup
- Onsite
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Category
- Devops
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Minimum Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information System, or Information Technology
- Minimum of 8 years of experience as a Database Administrator (DBA) in large-scale, high-traffic production environments.
- Strong technical expertise in SQL, with in-depth knowledge of database engines such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, NoSQL, and others.
- Proven experience in handling failover scenarios, disaster recovery, and zero-downtime database migrations.
- Strong, assertive communication skills with the ability to challenge engineering teams when proposed query structures may negatively impact database performance or cost efficiency.
- High level of discipline in maintaining operational documentation and adhering to cybersecurity standards and best practices.
- Prior experience in the transportation or logistics industry and high-growth tech startups is considered a significant advantage.
- Available to be hired and start working as soon as possible.
- Willing to work from Head Office in Mampang, South Jakarta.
Full description
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain monitoring systems for critical database metrics, equipped with intelligent auto-alerting mechanisms.
- Proactively monitor and analyze slow queries—beyond adding missing indexes, provide actionable recommendations to engineering teams to improve query structure and application logic.
- Demonstrate deep understanding of cardinality, efficient index utilization, and the ability to manage rapidly growing tables through effective partitioning or sharding strategies.
- Take full ownership of database replication mechanisms, ensuring seamless auto-failover processes with zero data loss during disruptions.
- Proactively conduct capacity planning to prevent unexpected infrastructure cost spikes and avoid sudden performance degradation due to data growth.
- Lead and uphold a 24/7 on-call rotation culture within the DBA team to ensure immediate response to production incidents.
- Drive a strong post-mortem culture following every incident, focusing on long-term systemic improvements to prevent recurrence.
- Ensure data security, proper access control management, and regularly tested backup and recovery procedures.
Requirements
- Minimum Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information System, or Information Technology
- Minimum of 8 years of experience as a Database Administrator (DBA) in large-scale, high-traffic production environments.
- Strong technical expertise in SQL, with in-depth knowledge of database engines such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, NoSQL, and others.
- Proven experience in handling failover scenarios, disaster recovery, and zero-downtime database migrations.
- Strong, assertive communication skills with the ability to challenge engineering teams when proposed query structures may negatively impact database performance or cost efficiency.
- High level of discipline in maintaining operational documentation and adhering to cybersecurity standards and best practices.
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Prior experience in the transportation or logistics industry and high-growth tech startups is considered a significant advantage.
- Available to be hired and start working as soon as possible.
- Willing to work from Head Office in Mampang, South Jakarta.