Database Administrator (Mid-Level DBA)

The ideal candidate will be responsible for database administration, monitoring, maintenance, performance optimization, backup and recovery, security management, high availability, disaster recovery, and database support activities.

Responsibilities

• The candidate should possess practical experience with PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, and/or MySQL in production environments and demonstrate the ability to ensure database performance, availability, reliability, and security.
• Perform database administration, monitoring, maintenance, and troubleshooting activities.
• Install, configure, upgrade, patch, and maintain database systems.
• Manage database backup, recovery, replication, and disaster recovery processes.
• Monitor database performance, capacity, availability, and overall health.
• Perform SQL query optimization and database performance tuning.
• Manage database security, users, roles, permissions, and access controls.
• Troubleshoot and resolve database-related incidents and performance issues.
• Support database migrations, upgrades, patching, and maintenance activities.
• Ensure data integrity, reliability, and availability.
• Maintain database documentation, procedures, and configurations.
• Collaborate with development, infrastructure, and application teams on database-related initiatives.
• Participate in failover testing, disaster recovery testing, and maintenance activities.
• Support production, development, and testing database environments.

Requirements

• Skills 3-5 years of hands-on Database Administration experience.
• Strong experience with one or more of the following: PostgreSQL Oracle Database Microsoft SQL Server MySQL Database Installation, Configuration, and Administration.
• Database Backup and Recovery.
• Database Replication.
• High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR).
• SQL Query Optimization.
• Database Performance Tuning.
• Database Monitoring and Health Checks.
• Database Troubleshooting and Incident Resolution.
• Database Security Administration.
• User, Role, Permission, and Access Management.
• Database Migration and Upgrade Activities.
• Patch Management and Maintenance.
• Experience supporting Production Database Environments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Good communication and documentation skills.
• Good-to-Have Skills Oracle RAC Administration.
• Oracle Data Guard.
• SQL Server Always On Availability Groups.
• SQL Server Failover Clustering.
• PostgreSQL Streaming Replication.
• PostgreSQL Patroni / PgPool.
• MySQL Replication.
• Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM).
• Grafana, Zabbix, Nagios, or similar monitoring tools.
• Linux Administration.
• Shell Scripting.
• PowerShell Scripting.
• Python Scripting.
• Azure, AWS, OCI, or GCP Database Services.
• DevOps and Automation Experience.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• ITIL Knowledge.
• Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or MySQL Certifications.

Location

Saudi Arabia Nationality: Saudi National (Mandatory) Experience: 3-5 Years (Mid-Level) Employment Type: Full-Time Work Mode: Onsite Job Summary We are seeking a skilled and motivated Database Administrator (DBA) with 3-5 years of hands-on experience managing and supporting enterprise database environments.