Principal Specialist
Job Description
Are you ready to shape a better tomorrow?
AIA Digital+ is a Technology, Digital and Analytics innovation hub dedicated to powering AIA to be more efficient, connected and innovative as it fulfils its Purpose to help millions of people across Asia-Pacific live Healthier, Longer, Better Lives.
If you are hungry and driven to play an active role in shaping a better tomorrow, we want to hear from you. Because the work we do at AIA Digital+ makes a difference in the lives of millions of people, every day. We will equip you with the critical skills, tools and technology, and endless opportunities to learn, contribute and thrive in a dynamic and exciting environment.
If you want to shape a brighter future at AIA Digital+, please read on.
About the Role
The role will be mainly responsible for overseeing data platform operation, including Alteryx servers and databases, proposing feasible enhancement proposal and implement it to cater evolving business requirement, and drive data platform enhancement proposal to achieve a centralized and sustainable management model to organize the daily operation and regular maintenance with relevant IT parties.Job Description:
1. Data Platform Operation Support
- Monitor platform’s performance and propose enhancement proposals
- Co-ordination with internal or external IT parties to resolve issues identified
- IT compliance support, e.g. disaster recovery, configuration review
- Security controls and new policy/rules implementation
- Software configuration, housekeeping, patching, upgrade and testing support
- Manage and standardize data analysis workflow execution
- Support database or workflow performance tuning
- Conduct data analysis as required
2. Data Platform Enhancement Support
- Coordinate and implement enhancement initiatives according to project timeline within budget with good quality
- Support innovation initiatives to modernize how Finance data asset should be stored and be more accessible to Finance users
- Stay updated with emerging technologies and suggest best practices in database management
- Provide advice on the design for a more feasible and efficient data structure
- Suggest and apply approaches to streamline the existing operation process
- Facilitate/drive related parties to identify issue/risk, locate root cause and align with resolution/precaution
- Report the project planning/solution/progress/risks/issues/highlights in exchange meetings
3. Others:
- User access and license management
- Documentation of database architecture, configurations, and changes
- Provide training and mentorship to team members
- Ad-hoc tasks from managers in terms of project/department delivery
Requirements:
- 5 years + IT area experience, with minimum of 2 years in database applications related projects.
- Familiar in SQL and Non-SQL databases (e.g., SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB etc.).
- Experience with database replication, sharding, clustering, and housekeeping.
- Basic understanding on big data area, include but not limited to Data Acquisition and Ingestion, Data storage, Data Processing, Data Analytics and Visualization, Data management and Governance, Data integration and Interoperability, Cloud Computing, AI, etc.
- Fluent English in Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking.
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