Lead Database Architect & Reliability Engineer

Goodman Masson Oman; Muscat; On-site; OMR 24,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Goodman Masson Oman is seeking a Lead Database Administrator who owns the data layer the platform runs on, including the registers of ownership, transaction history, and audit trails. You design and stand up the database estate and run it with your team.

You will design architecture, install and operate Oracle/SQL Server, ensure high availability, recovery, performance tuning, security, and lead the DB team. Based in Muscat, Oman.

Qualifications

• Degree in computer science or related discipline.
• Six to ten years in database administration, with finance sector experience.
• Expertise across Oracle/SQL Server, PostgreSQL/MySQL.
• Strong backup/recovery, HA, replication and clustering knowledge.
• SQL performance tuning and security controls.
• Linux and Windows administration; scripting with PowerShell/Bash/Python.
• Fluent English, written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Design the database architecture from first principles including platform, schema, high availability, replication and security.
• Install, configure, and operate enterprise database platforms; own build standards and patching.
• Own high availability and disaster recovery; demonstrate failover and restore cycles.
• Own performance monitoring, SQL tuning, and capacity planning across lifecycle.
• Own database security: hardening, encryption, access control, vulnerability management.
• Design the run-phase operating model, author runbooks, and lead the database team.

Skills

DBA experience

Oracle & SQL Server

PostgreSQL/MySQL

Backup & recovery

HA & clustering

SQL tuning

DB security

Linux admin

Windows admin

PowerShell/Bash/Python

English fluency

Education

Degree in CS

Tools

Oracle OCP

Microsoft Azure Database

PostgreSQL

Job description

Goodman Masson Oman is seeking a Lead Database Administrator who owns the data layer the platform runs on, including the registers of ownership, transaction history, and audit trails. You design and stand up the database estate and run it with your team.

You will design architecture, install and operate Oracle/SQL Server, ensure high availability, recovery, performance tuning, security, and lead the DB team. Based in Muscat, Oman.