Senior Database Architect: Oracle & Open-Source Leader

Al Etihad Payments; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Child educational allowance

Annual flight tickets

Health insurance

Job summary

Al Etihad Payments in the UAE seeks a senior Database Architect to lead the design, administration, security and optimization of our database platforms (Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB). You will set standards, drive architecture decisions and ensure payment systems achieve high availability and regulatory compliance.

The role includes mentoring the DBA team, coordinating upgrades and migrations, governing DR/HA, and partnering with application and architecture teams on data models,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field.
• 10+ years of database administration experience, including at least 7 years on Oracle in large production environments and at least 2 years in a senior/lead role.
• Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) required; Oracle Certified Master (OCM) a strong advantage; MySQL, PostgreSQL or MongoDB certs preferred.
• Experience in banking, payments or other highly regulated environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define database architecture, standards and best practices across Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL and MongoDB.
• Act as senior escalation point for complex incidents, performance issues and root cause analysis.
• Lead, mentor and assign work to the DBA team and review changes and designs.
• Evaluate new database technologies and contribute to the technology roadmap.
• Design and govern HA and DR solutions (Oracle RAC, Data Guard, GoldenGate).
• Lead performance tuning, capacity planning and growth forecasting for critical payment systems.
• Own backup and recovery strategy and lead DR drills.
• Plan and lead upgrades, migrations, consolidations and cloud database adoption.
• Collaborate with application/architecture teams on data models and deployment practices.
• Review database changes in Change Management process.
• Define security standards, encryption, auditing and privileged access.
• Coordinate with DAM, PAM and vulnerability management platforms.
• Represent DB function in PCI DSS, ISO 27001 audits and remediation.

Skills

Oracle RAC

Data Guard

GoldenGate

RMAN

Exadata

MySQL

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

SQL Tuning

PL/SQL

Database Security

Cloud Databases

Leadership

Stakeholder Mgmt

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

OCP Certification

OCM Advantage

DB Certifications (MySQL/PostgreSQL/MongoDB)

Tools

Oracle

MySQL

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Job description

Al Etihad Payments in the UAE seeks a senior Database Architect to lead the design, administration, security and optimization of our database platforms (Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB). You will set standards, drive architecture decisions and ensure payment systems achieve high availability and regulatory compliance.

The role includes mentoring the DBA team, coordinating upgrades and migrations, governing DR/HA, and partnering with application and architecture teams on data models,