Database Administrator

Datamatics Technologies; Medina; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Datamatics Technologies is seeking a skilled Database Administrator with 5+ years of hands-on experience to manage enterprise database environments. You will oversee backup/recovery, security, availability and performance while supporting PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server and MySQL in production.

Responsibilities include monitoring, tuning, migrations, and collaboration with development and infrastructure teams to ensure data integrity and rapid incident response.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on database administration experience in production environments.
• Strong experience with PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server or MySQL.
• Proven ability to ensure performance, availability, reliability and security.

Responsibilities

• Perform database administration, monitoring, maintenance and troubleshooting.
• Install, configure, upgrade, patch and maintain database systems.
• Manage backup, recovery, replication and disaster recovery processes.
• Monitor performance, capacity, availability and overall health.
• Perform SQL query optimization and performance tuning.
• Manage security, users, roles and access controls.
• Troubleshoot incidents and support migrations and patching.
• Maintain documentation and collaborate with dev/infrastructure teams.
• Participate in failover testing and disaster recovery exercises.

Skills

Database Administration

PostgreSQL

Oracle Database

Microsoft SQL Server

MySQL

Backup and Recovery

Performance Tuning

Security Management

High Availability

Disaster Recovery

Monitoring

SQL Query Optimization

Job description

Eligibility Requirement

Nationality Saudi National Mandatory Location Saudi Arabia Work Mode Onsite Experience Minimum 5 Years Employment Type Full-Time Important Note This position is open only to Saudi Nationals Saudi Citizenship is Mandatory Applications from non-Saudi nationals will not be considered

Job Summary

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Database Administrator DBA with a minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience managing and supporting enterprise database environments The ideal candidate will be responsible for database administration monitoring maintenance performance optimization backup and recovery security management high availability disaster recovery and database support activities The candidate should possess practical experience with PostgreSQL Oracle SQL Server and or MySQL in production environments and demonstrate the ability to ensure database performance availability reliability and security

Key Responsibilities

Perform database administration monitoring maintenance and troubleshooting activities Install configure upgrade patch and maintain database systems Manage database backup recovery replication and disaster recovery processes Monitor database performance capacity availability and overall health Perform SQL query optimization and database performance tuning Manage database security users roles permissions and access controls Troubleshoot and resolve database-related incidents and performance issues Support database migrations upgrades patching and maintenance activities Ensure data integrity reliability and availability Maintain database documentation procedures and configurations Collaborate with development infrastructure and application teams on database-related initiatives Participate in failover testing disaster recovery testing and maintenance activities Support production development and testing database environments

Must-Have Skills

5 years of hands-on Database Administration experience Strong experience with one or more of the following database platforms PostgreSQLOracle DatabaseMicrosoft SQL ServerMySQLDatabase installation configuration administration and maintenance Database backup and recovery management Database replication technologies and administration High Availability HA and Disaster Recovery DR implementation and support SQL query optimization and performance tuning Database monitoring health checks and capacity planning Database troubleshooting and incident resolution Database security administration and access management User role permission and privilege management Database migration upgrade and patch management activities Experience supporting production database environments Strong analytical and problem-solving skills Good communication and documentation skills

Good-to-Have Skills

Oracle RAC Administration Oracle Data Guard SQL Server Always On Availability Groups SQL Server Failover Clustering PostgreSQL Streaming Replication PostgreSQL Patroni PgPool MySQL Replication Oracle Enterprise Manager OEM Grafana Zabbix Nagios or similar monitoring tools Linux Administration Shell Scripting PowerShell Scripting Python Scripting Azure AWS OCI or GCP Database Services DevOps and Automation experience Infrastructure as Code IaC ITIL Knowledge Oracle SQL Server PostgreSQL or MySQL Certifications

Nationality: Saudi National (Mandatory) Location: Saudi Arabia Work Mode: Onsite Experience: Minimum 5 Years Employment Type: Full-Time Important Note: This position is open only to Saudi Nationals (Saudi Citizenship is Mandatory). Applications from non-Saudi nationals will not be considered. The candidate should possess practical experience with PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, and/or MySQL in production environments and demonstrate the ability to ensure database performance, availability, reliability, and security.5+ years of hands-on Database Administration experience.Strong experience with one or more of the following database platforms:PostgreSQLOracle DatabaseMicrosoft SQL ServerMySQL Database installation, configuration, administration, and maintenance.Database backup and recovery management.Database replication technologies and administration.High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) implementation and support.SQL query optimization and performance tuning.Database monitoring, health checks, and capacity planning.Database troubleshooting and incident resolution.Database security administration and access management.User, role, permission, and privilege management.Database migration, upgrade, and patch management activities.Experience supporting production database environments.Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.Good communication and documentation skills.