Senior Database Administrator — DR, HA & Cloud Infra

Dubai Careers - A Smart Dubai Initiative

Dubai Emirate

On-site

AED 391,000 - 614,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

Dubai Careers - A Smart Dubai Initiative is seeking a Database Administrator to manage enterprise database environments across on-prem and selected cloud-hosted platforms, ensuring availability, performance, integrity and recoverability.

The role covers backup, restoration, high availability and lifecycle activities, with coordination across Infrastructure, Applications, Network and Cybersecurity teams to sustain resilient data services.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in IT, CS, or related field.
5+ years of database administration experience in enterprise environments.
Hands-on with Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle databases.
Experience with backup, recovery, and disaster recovery technologies.

Responsibilities

Install, configure and maintain enterprise databases across on-premises and cloud environments.
Monitor availability, performance and capacity; optimize queries and indexing.
Manage backups, restoration and point-in-time recovery processes.
Coordinate with Infrastructure, Applications, Network and Cybersecurity teams.
Participate in DR exercises and failover testing.