At Johnson Matthey, your work will matter. As a Senior Database Engineer, you’ll join a world leader in platinum group metals with over 200 years of history. Using advanced metals chemistry, you’ll help tackle the world’s biggest challenges - cutting emissions, powering modern life and supporting life‑saving technologies - by applying, refining and recycling metals that matter for a healthier, more sustainable, circular future.
Note: This is a Renewable Fixed Term Contract and interested candidates must currently be based in Malaysia with valid work right status
The role:
As a Senior Database Engineer, you will help drive our goals by:
Design, implement, administer, and support Microsoft SQL Server environments across on-premises infrastructure and Microsoft Azure platforms.
Manage SQL Server lifecycle activities including installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, migrations, capacity planning, and decommissioning.
Administer and support Azure SQL services, including SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines, Azure SQL Database, and Azure SQL Managed Instance.
Design, implement, and maintain High Availability and Disaster Recovery (HA/DR) solutions, including Always On Availability Groups, Failover Clustering, Backup & Recovery, and Disaster Recovery planning.
Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize SQL Server performance through proactive performance tuning, query optimization, index management, execution plan analysis, and database health assessments.
Lead SQL Server version upgrade and migration projects, ensuring minimal business disruption and adherence to operational standards.
Support and optimize backend databases for Power BI reporting and analytics platforms.
Develop automation solutions using PowerShell, T-SQL, SQL Agent Jobs, and Azure automation capabilities to improve operational efficiency.
Monitor database health, availability, capacity, and performance to ensure services operate within agreed SLA and operational targets.
Implement and maintain database security standards, including security patching, vulnerability remediation, access management, encryption, auditing, and compliance controls.
Collaborate with infrastructure, cloud, application, network, backup, and security teams to deliver reliable database services and project outcomes.
Act as an escalation point for complex database incidents, problem management activities, and major service disruptions.
Participate in 3rd Line Incident Management, Service Request Fulfilment, Change Management, and Operational Support activities.
Maintain accurate technical documentation, operational procedures, standards, and knowledge articles.
Provide technical coaching and mentoring to team members on database technologies and best practices.
Participate in on-call rotations supporting critical production services.
Key skills that will help you succeed in this role :
5+ years of hands-on Microsoft SQL Server administration experience within enterprise environments.
Strong expertise supporting Microsoft SQL Server 2016, 2019, 2022 and newer versions.
Proven experience administering SQL Server across both on-premises infrastructure and Microsoft Azure environments.
Extensive experience managing:
SQL Always-On Availability Groups (AG)
Failover Clustering
SQL Replication
Backup & Recovery
Disaster Recovery Solutions
Strong database performance tuning skills including:
Query Optimization
Index Tuning
Execution Plan Analysis
Blocking and Deadlock Troubleshooting
Capacity Planning
Resource Utilization Analysis
Experience administering Azure SQL services including:
Azure SQL Database
Azure SQL Managed Instance
SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
Proven experience performing SQL Server upgrades, migrations, and database consolidation activities.
Advanced T-SQL scripting and troubleshooting skills.
Strong PowerShell scripting and automation capabilities.
Experience supporting Power BI reporting environments and SQL backend databases.
Experience with SQL monitoring and performance…