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Datamatics Technologies

Database Administrator (DBA) | KSA Nationals Only

Datamatics Technologies Jeddah, Makkah Region, Saudi Arabia

IT Services and IT Consulting · 51-200 employees

Oct 21
dba Senior (5-10 yrs) Full-time Saudi Arabia
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About the role

Administer, monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot production and non-production database environments, including installation, upgrades, patching, security, backups, recovery, and replication. Optimize database performance and availability, support migrations and disaster recovery testing, and maintain documentation while collaborating with development, infrastructure, and application teams.

What they look for

Database Administration PostgreSQL Oracle Database Microsoft SQL Server MySQL Database Backup and Recovery Database Replication High Availability and Disaster Recovery SQL Query Optimization Performance Tuning Database Monitoring Capacity Planning Database Security Database Migration and Upgrades Production Database Support Troubleshooting

Requirements

Requires Saudi citizenship and at least five years of hands-on database administration experience, with practical production experience in one or more of PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, or MySQL. Candidates should have experience with database maintenance, backup and recovery, replication, high availability and disaster recovery, performance tuning, security, and incident resolution, along with strong analytical, communication, and documentation skills.

Full description

Eligibility Requirement

  • Nationality: Saudi National (Mandatory)
  • Location: Saudi Arabia
  • Work Mode: Onsite
  • Experience: Minimum 5 Years
  • Employment Type: Full-Time

Important Note: This position is open only to Saudi Nationals (Saudi Citizenship is Mandatory). Applications from non-Saudi nationals will not be considered.

Job Summary

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Database Administrator (DBA) with a minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience managing and supporting enterprise database environments. 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.

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.

Key Responsibilities

  • 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.

Must-Have Skills

  • 5+ years of hands-on Database Administration experience.
  • Strong experience with one or more of the following database platforms:• PostgreSQL
  • Oracle Database
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • MySQL
  • Database installation, configuration, administration, and maintenance.
  • Database backup and recovery management.
  • Database replication technologies and administration.
  • High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) implementation and support.
  • SQL query optimization and performance tuning.
  • Database monitoring, health checks, and capacity planning.
  • Database troubleshooting and incident resolution.
  • Database security administration and access management.
  • User, role, permission, and privilege management.
  • Database migration, upgrade, and patch management activities.
  • 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.

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