Engineering Director DBA
OKX is a leading global cryptocurrency exchange offering a wide range of trading services, including spot and derivatives trading, as well as Web3 solutions.
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About OKX
OKX is a global cryptocurrency exchange known for its trading services and financial products. The platform offers a wide range of features, including spot and derivatives trading, staking services, and a user-friendly interface suitable for both beginners and experienced traders.
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About the Role
You will design, deploy, optimize, and manage enterprise cloud database platforms across Alibaba Cloud and AWS. You will build highly available and secure database architectures, monitor performance, tune queries, resolve production incidents, automate operations, control costs, support development teams, and manage DBAs.
Requirements
- Expertise in Alibaba Cloud or AWS database services and familiarity with the other platform.
- In-depth understanding of MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, and SQL optimization and troubleshooting.
- Experience with AWS DMS, Alibaba Cloud DTS, and cross-cloud synchronization solutions.
- 5+ years of DBA experience, including at least 2 years managing public cloud databases.
- Hands-on experience with TB-level databases, sharding, and read/write splitting.
- Strong documentation and communication skills.
- Alibaba Cloud ACP/ACE Database or AWS Certified Database – Specialty certification preferred.
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- Current right to work in Singapore without requiring visa sponsorship from OKX.
Responsibilities
- Design, deploy, and optimize cloud databases on Alibaba Cloud and AWS.
- Select appropriate database types and service models based on business requirements.
- Implement high-availability and disaster-recovery solutions.
- Monitor database performance and health with cloud-native and third-party tools.
- Analyze and optimize slow queries, lock conflicts, resource bottlenecks, SQL statements, and index designs.
- Resolve production database incidents.
- Manage database access controls and perform upgrades and audit-log analysis for compliance.
- Automate database deployment and operations using infrastructure-as-code and cloud-native tools.
- Optimize cloud costs through auto-scaling, reserved instances, and storage tiering.
- Support database design reviews, SQL standardization, and database change management in CI/CD.
- Manage a team of DBAs and ensure timely project delivery and incident resolution.
Benefits
- Team-building programs and company events.
- Wellness and meal allowances.
- Comprehensive healthcare schemes for employees and dependants.
