Database Administrator (DBA)

Datamatics Technologies; Al Jubayl; On-site; SAR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Datamatics Technologies in Saudi Arabia is seeking a skilled Database Administrator (DBA) with 3-5 years of hands-on experience to manage and support enterprise database environments onsite. You will be responsible for administration, monitoring, maintenance, performance tuning, backup and recovery, security, HA/DR, and documentation across PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, and/or MySQL.

Candidates should demonstrate strong analytical and communication skills and be able to collaborate with

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of hands-on DBA experience.
• Experience with production PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, or MySQL environments.
• Backup, recovery, replication, HA/DR, and performance tuning.A0
• Strong analytical, communication, and documentation skills.

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.
• Tune SQL queries and optimize database performance.
• Manage security, users, roles, permissions, and access controls.
• Collaborate with development, infrastructure, and application teams.
• Participate in failover testing, DR testing, and maintenance activities.
• Support production, development, and testing databases.

Skills

DBA experience

PostgreSQL

Oracle

SQL Server

MySQL

Performance tuning

Backup & recovery

Security management

Documentation

Tools

Oracle Database

Microsoft SQL Server

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Grafana

Nagios

Job description

Location: Saudi Arabia
Nationality: Saudi National (Mandatory)
Experience: 3-5 Years (Mid-Level)
Employment Type: Full-Time
Work Mode: Onsite

Job Summary

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Database Administrator (DBA) with 3-5 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

• 3-5 years of hands-on Database Administration experience
• Strong experience with one or more of the following:
  • PostgreSQL
  • Oracle Database
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • MySQL
• Database Installation, Configuration, and Administration
• Database Backup and Recovery
• Database Replication
• High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR)
• SQL Query Optimization
• Database Performance Tuning
• Database Monitoring and Health Checks
• Database Troubleshooting and Incident Resolution
• Database Security Administration
• User, Role, Permission, and Access Management
• Database Migration and Upgrade Activities
• Patch Management and Maintenance
• 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