Database Administrator | Dubai, UAE

kbctechnologies; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 300,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Kbctechnologies is seeking an experienced Database Administrator for an onsite role in Dubai, UAE. You will manage enterprise database platforms, ensure high availability, security, backup and recovery, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to keep systems reliable.

Ideal candidates have 7–9 years in database administration, strong SQL skills across Oracle, SQL Server, and PostgreSQL, plus experience with Linux/Windows environments and DR planning.

Qualifications

• 7–9 years of professional experience in database administration.
• Strong experience with enterprise relational databases and high-availability setups.
• Proficient in SQL, backup, recovery, and security.

Responsibilities

• Administer enterprise database platforms.
• Monitor availability, performance, sessions, storage, logs, and resources.
• Perform database patching and minor-version upgrades.
• Coordinate backups, replication, and disaster recovery.

Skills

SQL

Oracle

MS SQL Server

PostgreSQL

Linux

Windows

Performance tuning

Backup & Restore

High availability

Security

Education

ITIL Foundation

Database certifications

Tools

Nutanix

Job description

Location: Dubai, UAE

Job Category:

• Information Technology (IT) & Software
• Engineering & Technical
• Banking & Insurance
• Government & Public Sector

Job Overview

A leading organization is hiring an experienced Database Administrator for an onsite position in Dubai, UAE. The role is responsible for maintaining the availability, performance, security, maintenance, patching, backup coordination, and recovery readiness of enterprise databases within a managed infrastructure environment.

The Database Administrator will work across database administration, performance monitoring, troubleshooting, security, backup and recovery, replication, disaster recovery, and capacity planning. The role requires close collaboration with application, operating-system, storage, network, security, and vendor teams to maintain reliable database services.

This opportunity is suitable for experienced database professionals seeking continued career growth in enterprise infrastructure and database operations. Professional development may include database certifications, ITIL training, security and compliance expertise, high-availability technologies, and disaster-recovery practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer supported enterprise database platforms.
• Perform database installation, configuration, maintenance, and routine administration.
• Monitor database availability, performance, sessions, storage, logs, and resource utilization.
• Troubleshoot database incidents, performance degradation, failed jobs, and connectivity issues.
• Perform database patching and approved minor-version updates.
• Conduct database health checks and preventive-maintenance activities.
• Manage database users, roles, permissions, and privileged access according to security policies.
• Apply database-hardening and security-configuration standards.
• Support vulnerability remediation and compliance reviews.
• Coordinate database backups, retention, replication, and recovery with the backup team.
• Conduct and document database restore and recovery tests.
• Support database replication and synchronization between production and disaster-recovery environments.
• Participate in disaster-recovery drills and database failover testing.
• Perform capacity planning for database storage, memory, compute, and transaction growth.
• Maintain database runbooks, configuration records, patch records, and recovery procedures.
• Support root-cause analysis for database-related major incidents.
• Coordinate with application, operating-system, storage, network, security, and vendor teams.
• Prepare database availability, performance, capacity, patching, backup, and security reports.

Requirements & Qualifications

• 7–9 years of professional experience.
• Strong experience administering enterprise relational database platforms.
• Knowledge of database backup, recovery, replication, and high-availability technologies.
• Experience in database performance tuning and troubleshooting.
• Strong understanding of SQL, database security, access control, and auditing.
• Experience with database patching and minor-version upgrades.
• Knowledge of Linux and Windows operating environments.
• Understanding of RPO, RTO, high availability, and disaster recovery.
• Experience working under formal incident, problem, and change-management processes.
• Ability to provide on-call support when required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or other database certification.
• ITIL Foundation certification.
• Experience with databases hosted on Nutanix infrastructure.
• Experience supporting government, financial, or other regulated environments.

Salary, Benefits & Career Growth

Salary and specific employment benefits have not been provided in the original job announcement.

This role offers an opportunity for career growth in enterprise database administration and managed infrastructure operations. Professionals can further develop expertise in database security, performance tuning, high availability, disaster recovery, compliance, infrastructure technologies, and professional certification.

Work Model: Onsite, 8×5 with on-call support
Reports To: Service Delivery Manager