Senior MS SQL And Oracle Database Engineer- Riyadh KSA

DeepSource Technologies; Dubai; On-site; AED 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

DeepSource Technologies in Dubai is seeking a Senior MS SQL & Oracle Database Engineer to manage critical banking database infrastructure, including on‑premises clustering, replication, and DR environments. The candidate must have 10+ years of IT experience with 7+ years hands‑on MS SQL and Oracle experience.

Banking sector experience is mandatory. The role requires advanced troubleshooting, SQL performance tuning, and collaboration across infrastructure, application, and network teams to

Qualifications

• 10+ years of total IT experience.
• Minimum 7 years hands‑on MS SQL and Oracle experience.
• Experience with on‑premises MS SQL clustering.
• Experience with Oracle clustering on‑premises.
• Experience with MS SQL and Oracle replication.
• Experience with DR sites and DR replication environments.
• Advanced troubleshooting and SQL query performance tuning.
• Banking experience is mandatory.
• Strong collaboration with infrastructure, application, and network teams.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support MS SQL Server and Oracle databases in a banking environment.
• Manage and maintain on‑premises MS SQL and Oracle database clusters.
• Configure and support database clustering, replication, and DR environments.
• Support database replication between production and DR sites.
• Troubleshoot complex database availability, performance, and connectivity issues.
• Perform advanced tuning of MS SQL queries.
• Analyze query execution and identify performance bottlenecks.
• Ensure high availability and reliability of database environments.
• Support incidents and perform root‑cause analysis with other teams.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, application, and network teams to resolve issues.

Skills

MS SQL Server

Oracle Database

On‑premises clustering

Replication

Disaster Recovery (DR)

Performance tuning

Advanced troubleshooting

Banking domain experience

Cross‑functional collaboration

Job description

Job Description:

WE are looking for a highly experienced Senior MS SQL & Oracle Database Engineer to manage and support critical database infrastructure within a banking environment.

The ideal candidate must have strong banking experience and extensive hands‑on expertise in Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle databases, including on‑premises clustering, replication, Disaster Recovery (DR), advanced troubleshooting, and SQL query performance tuning.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and support MS SQL Server and Oracle databases in a critical banking environment.
• Manage and maintain on‑premises MS SQL and Oracle database clusters.
• Configure and support database clustering, replication, and DR environments.
• Support database replication between primary production environments and DR sites.
• Troubleshoot complex database availability, performance, and connectivity issues.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting and fine‑tuning of MS SQL queries.
• Analyze query execution and identify performance bottlenecks.
• Ensure database environments maintain high availability and operational reliability.
• Support database‑related incidents and perform root‑cause analysis.
• Work closely with infrastructure, application, network, and other technical teams to resolve database issues.
• Support database maintenance and operational activities in accordance with banking requirements.

• Banking experience – Mandatory.
• 10+ years of total IT experience.
• Minimum 7 years of hands‑on experience with MS SQL Database and Oracle.
• Strong hands‑on experience with MS SQL clustering in on‑premises environments.
• Strong hands‑on experience with Oracle clustering in on‑premises environments.
• Hands‑on experience with MS SQL and Oracle replication.
• Hands‑on experience supporting DR sites and database replication/DR environments.
• Advanced troubleshooting and MS SQL query performance tuning experience.

Requirements