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Datamatics Technologies

Database Administrator ( Mid-Level DBA)

Datamatics Technologies Riyadh governorate, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia

IT Services and IT Consulting · 51-200 employees

Oct 13
dba Mid (2-5 yrs) Full-time Saudi Arabia
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About the role

The Database Administrator will manage, monitor, and maintain enterprise database environments, including performing installations, patches, and performance tuning. They will also collaborate with development and infrastructure teams to ensure data integrity, security, and high availability.

What they look for

PostgreSQL Oracle SQL Server MySQL Database Administration Performance Tuning Backup And Recovery Troubleshooting Replication Disaster Recovery Database Security Access Management Monitoring Tools SQL Data Integrity Infrastructure Support

Requirements

Candidates must have 3–5 years of hands-on experience as a Database Administrator with proficiency in PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, or MySQL. The role is exclusively for Saudi Nationals with strong problem-solving skills and knowledge of database security and replication.

Full description

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. 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

  • 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.

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