Editorial summary

The company is seeking a Database Administrator or Level 2 Database Administrator for a 1-year outsourced contract based in Ang Mo Kio, with potential for renewal and conversion. The role involves managing Active Directory, Windows Update Services, DNS records, and Group Policies, as well as supporting system recovery and escalating complex issues. The position offers a salary range of $4,200 to $5,000 per month, plus a $200 offsite stand-by allowance, with office hours from 8:30 am to 6:00 pm, Monday to Friday. Key requirements include experience in Active Directory administration and troubleshooting within a Windows environment.

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Job description

[This job id 28050 first appeared in Job-Q.com on 27 Aug 2026]

- 1-year outsourced contract (renewable & convertible)

- $4200 - $5000 + Offsite stand-by allowance $200

- Mon – Fri: 8:30am – 6pm

- Ang Mo Kio

Job Responsibilities:

• Administrating Active Directory and Windows Update Services
• Manage and maintain all Active Directory objects, DNS records and Group Policies, handling requests for creation and removal of related items
• Assisting the Support Engineer or Software Engineer in problem resolution beyond the capability of the 1st Level Support Staff.
• Performing system recovery if needed.
• Escalating unsolvable problems to the 3rd Level Support Staff and reports the escalation to superior.
• Ensuring that the System runs according to contractual specifications after problem resolution.
• Providing advice on system / database performance monitoring and tuning.
• Ensuring deployments of approved patches/releases are implemented accordingly to Change Request.
• Complete all Service Requested accordingly to SLA timeframe.
• Assisting the Customer in the verification, isolation and/or provision of a temporary work-around for the problem logged beyond 2nd Level Support Staff capability.
• Escalating unsolvable system problems and service request to the OEM/Vendor for technical support.
• Coordinating system development tasks to include design, integration and formal testing on the Change Request.
• Overseeing all transitions into production on the Change Request.
• Developing and complete actions in system specifications, technical and logistical requirements and other disciplines on the Change Request.
• Creating and maintain programmatic and technical documentation to insure efficient planning and execution on the Change Request.
• Managing and document system configurations on the Change Request.
• Perform troubleshooting and resolve incident based on SLA.
• Generating the relevant administrative records and reports.

Period:

• 1-year outsourced contract (renewable & convertible)

Location:

• Ang Mo Kio

Working hours:

• Mon – Fri: 8:30am – 6pm

Salary:

• $4200 - $5000 + Offsite stand-by allowance $200

Job Requirements:

• Minimum Diploma, preferably IT or Engineering-related
• Minimum 1-2 years of working experience in DBA and operation management in MS SQL Enterprise Server
• Proficient in Linux / Unix environment shell scripting
• Familiar with virtualization technologies
• Experience in setting up and supporting database mirroring, failover clustering would be advantageous
• Relevant working experience as an MYSQL/ MARIA DB / MS SQL Database Administrator in production environment would be advantageous
• Managing experience of MS SQL servers (2016, 2019,2022)

Preferred Skills:

• Strong understanding in Database clustering techniques and operations
• Past working experience in Cloud environment is an advantage
• Able to handle demanding service response and recovery turnaround
• Able to manage daily support tasks to meet stringent SLA requirements
• Excellent scheduling and multitasking skills
• Meticulous and process-oriented
• Good, hard-working attitude with ability to work well under pressure
• Good communication skills English (written, spoken) to liaise with native English-speaking clients
• Good analytical skills with ability to work with others to resolve problems
• Good organization skills, with ability to properly document and track information
• Preferably with Microsoft Certification and/or ITIL certification
• Dynamic, customer oriented, experience working in a fast-paced environment
• Committed and motivated individual and willing to work odd hours at times when required

Interested applicants, kindly email your detailed resume (MS Word format is preferred):

(Reg No: R1332758)

Please ensure that applications sent through email are no bigger than 1Mb.

We thank all applicants for your interest but regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates would be notified.

Success Human Resource Centre Pte Ltd (EA License Number: 97C4832)

160 Robinson Road, #13-07/08/09 SBF Center, Singapore 068914
T: 6337 3183 | W: www.successhrc.com.sg

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