Full Time Lead Database Platform Engineer Jobs, in Great Eastern Selangor - Maukerja

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As a LIFE company, our customers are at the heart of all that we do. Being one of Asia’s leading insurer for over a century, we have built a long-lasting legacy of trust with our customers over many generations. At the foundation of this trust is Integrity, Initiative, and Involvement – from the way we treat every customer relationship with honesty and transparency, to our proactive approach of delivering the best possible solutions in both life and general insurance.

Integrity, Initiative, and Involvement is what guides us. It is what makes us do the right thing, take the lead, and choose ‘we’ over ‘me’. Our mission is to make life great for our customers because we understand what matters most to them, and we know how to help them protect it.

If you are looking to grow in an exciting career filled with opportunities and potential, we are seeking a professional to join our team as Lead Database Platform Engineer based in Kuala Lumpur.

The Role:

Platform Leadership & Team Management

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of DBAs and database engineers.
• Own performance management, succession planning, and capability development.
• Set clear objectives aligned to platform stability, automation, and modernisation.
• Act as the senior technical authority for database architecture and engineering standards.

Enterprise Database Platforms (Primary Focus: Oracle)

• Own the end-to-end lifecycle and architecture of enterprise database platforms, with primary focus on Oracle Database 19c+ and Oracle Exadata and Exadata Cloud@Customer (ExaCC).
• Provide oversight for other platforms (SQL Server, PostgreSQL/YugabyteDB, MySQL/MariaDB, DB2).
• Define reference architectures for on‑prem, hybrid, and cloud deployments (including OCI).
• Partner with application and solution architects to ensure performance‑aware, resilient designs.

Operational Accountability & Resilience

• Retain ultimate accountability for production database stability, availability, and recoverability.
• Govern high‑severity incidents, root cause analysis, and remediation.
• Define and oversee backup, recovery, disaster recovery, and high availability strategies.
• Ensure 24x7 support, clear escalation models, and audit‑ready operations.

Automation, DevOps & Platform Engineering

• Drive an automation-first operating model using scripting, orchestration, and IaC.
• Enable Database DevOps / DataOps practices, including CI/CD for database changes.
• Partner with tooling teams to deliver automated provisioning, monitoring, and self-healing capabilities.

Modernisation, Cloud & AIOps

• Lead database modernisation initiatives, including upgrades, platform refreshes, and cloud / hybrid adoption.
• Define and execute near- and long-term database platform roadmaps.
• Champion AI-assisted operations (AIOps) to reduce manual effort, MTTR, and operational risk.

Security, Governance & Stakeholder Management

• Ensure compliance with security, risk, and regulatory requirements.
• Own database hardening, encryption, access controls, and audit readiness.
• Act as the senior stakeholder for database platform health, risks, and strategy.
• Manage key vendor relationships, including Oracle.

The Person:

• Bachelor degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field.
• Minimum 12 years of experience in enterprise database roles, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership or platform‑scale role.
• Deep hands-on expertise in Oracle databases (19c+) and SQL Server, with governance‑level oversight of additional platforms such as PostgreSQL/YugabyteDB, MySQL/MariaDB, and DB2.
• Strong experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and hybrid cloud database architectures, including enterprise-scale workloads.
• Proven track record leading database modernisation, cloud migration, automation, and platform engineering initiatives.
• Strong scripting and automation capability (e.g. Shell, Python, SQL, Infrastructure‑as‑Code concepts).
• Solid, end‑to‑end understanding of infrastructure fundamentals including operating systems, storage, networking, cloud, and security.
• Relevant Oracle and/or cloud certifications are advantageous.

Great Eastern Malaysia is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity, and all qualified applicants shall receive a fair and equal consideration for employment.

Location: Prima Avenue, 3506, Jalan Teknokrat 5, Cyberjaya, 63000 Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia.

Entity: Great Eastern Life Malaysia

Employment Type: Permanent

About Great Eastern

Established in 1908, Great Eastern places customers at the heart of everything we do. Our legacy extends beyond our products and services to our culture, which is defined by our core values and how we work. As champions of Integrity, Initiative and Involvement, our core values act as a compass, guiding and inspiring us to embrace the behaviours associated with each value, upholding our promise to our customers - to continue doing our best for them in a sustainable manner.

We work collaboratively with our stakeholders to look for candidates who exhibit or have the potential to embrace our core values and associated behaviours, as these are the key traits that we expect from our employees as they develop their careers with us.

We embrace inclusivity, giving all employees an equal opportunity to shine and play their role in exploring possibilities to deliver innovative insurance solutions.

Since 2018, Great Eastern has been a signatory to the United Nations (UN) Principles of Sustainable Insurance. Our sustainability approach around environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations play a key role in every business decision we make. We are committed to being a sustainability-driven company to achieve a low-carbon economy by managing the environmental footprint of our operations and incorporating ESG considerations in our investment portfolios; improving people’s lives by actively helping customers live healthier, better and longer; and drive responsible business practices through material ESG risk management.

To all recruitment agencies: Great Eastern does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our email or our employees. We will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.