Database Administrator (Saudi nationals preferred)

Oivan Group Oy; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 120,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Oivan Group Oy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, seeks a Saudi Database Administrator with at least three years’ experience managing PostgreSQL Patroni, pgbouncer, HAProxy, and MongoDB. The role requires fluency in Arabic and English and on‑site work at the customer’s premises in Riyadh.

You will handle database lifecycle management, HA/DR, backups, and performance tuning, while enforcing security controls. Work with infrastructure, apps, and operations teams to deliver reliable, production‑grade

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience deploying and managing PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, and SQL Server databases.
• Experience with HA/DR, replication, failover, backup and recovery strategies.
• Strong security controls: TLS, encryption at rest, access controls.
• Automation skills using Bash, Python, Ansible, Terraform, and CI/CD.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, upgrade, patch, migrate, and administer databases across platforms.
• Manage day-to-day operations, keeping systems stable and production-ready.
• Design and maintain HA/DR and replication setups (Patroni, Galera, Replica Sets).
• Configure backup/restore, minimize downtime, test DR procedures.
• Monitor performance, tune queries, analyze execution plans.
• Troubleshoot production issues and improve scalability.
• Enforce database security controls and encryption in transit/rest.
• Collaborate with infra, apps, and operations on migrations and deployments.
• Communicate incidents, risks and architectural recommendations.

Skills

PostgreSQL Patroni

pgbouncer

HAProxy

MongoDB

SQL Server Always On

DR/HA design

Database performance tuning

Security hardening

Automation scripting

Linux/Windows admin

Tools

pgBackRest

Ansible

Terraform

Git

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Azure DevOps

PowerShell

CI/CD tooling

Job description

What We Need

At Oivan, we are looking for a Saudi Database Administrator with at least three years of experience in database management activities using frameworks such as PostgreSQL Patroni, pgbouncer, HAProxy, MongoDB. As an experienced DBA with a background in Agile Scrum methodologies, you will work directly in high impact projects to deliver high‑quality technical solutions, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and client expectations. You will be based on‑site at our customer’s premises in Riyadh, KSA, and the position requires fluency in both Arabic and English. For this role, preference is given to Saudi nationals.

What You’ll Do

Database lifecycle management – as a DBA we want you to focus on the following responsibilities:

• Install, configure, upgrade, patch, migrate, and administer enterprise databases across multiple platforms, including PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL/MariaDB, and SQL Server.
• Manage day‑to‑day database operations and ensure database platforms are stable, available, and production‑ready.
• Design, implement, and maintain high‑availability and disaster recovery solutions for database platforms. This includes technologies such as PostgreSQL Patroni, pgbouncer, HAProxy, MongoDB Replica Sets, and Galera Cluster.
• Configure and support replication, failover, switchover, backup, and restore mechanisms to minimize downtime and data loss.
• Support enterprise HA/DR topologies and operational acceptance of resilient database environments.
• Own backup and recovery strategy execution using tools such as pgBackRest for PostgreSQL and native database backup tools for other engines.
• Validate restore procedures and ensure DR readiness through testing and operational support.
• Monitor and optimize database performance through query tuning, indexing, execution plan analysis, monitoring, and capacity planning.
• Troubleshoot production issues, identify bottlenecks, and improve database efficiency and scalability.
• Implement and maintain database security controls, including encryption at rest and in transit, TLS/SSL, access controls, user/role management, auditing, and hardening.
• Support secure database operations aligned with enterprise operational and security best practices.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, application, and operations teams on migrations, deployments, troubleshooting, and production support.
• Communicate clearly on incidents, risks, architecture, and operational recommendations.

Bonus Tasks and Additional Responsibility for the Person to Grow Into

• Automate database administration and operational tasks using Shell/Bash, Python, Ansible, Terraform, Git/GitHub, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Standardize deployments, reduce manual effort, and improve repeatability across environments through automation.
• Work across Linux and Windows server environments to support database infrastructure and operational tooling.
• Use monitoring and operational tools to maintain service health and support proactive issue detection.

What You Have

• Hands‑on experience in database installation, configuration, upgrades, patching, migration, and administration.
• Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL Patroni, pgbouncer, HAProxy, MongoDB Replica Sets, MySQL Galera Cluster, and SQL Server Always On Availability Groups.
• Experience with High Availability (HA), Disaster Recovery (DR), replication, failover, and backup & recovery strategies using pgBackRest (PostgreSQL) and native database backup tools.
• Expertise in database performance tuning, query optimization, indexing, monitoring, capacity planning, and troubleshooting.
• Strong experience in Database Security, Data Encryption (TDE, TLS/SSL, encryption at rest/in transit), user and role management, access controls, auditing, and security hardening.
• Automation Skills: Shell/Bash, Python, PowerShell, Ansible, Terraform, Git/GitHub, and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps).
• Experience with Windows and Linux administration, database monitoring tools, and enterprise operational best practice.
• Good communication, analytical, troubleshooting, and problem‑solving skills.

Who We Are

Oivan company culture is reflective of our core values: Responsibility, Reliability, and Fellowship. The decisions we make today influence our tomorrow. We are sincere in our responsibility towards our employees, customers and the environment. Fellowship unites us as an international community of thinkers and doers. Throughout our hiring process, you will have access to a broad representation of the Oivan team in order to get to know us as we learn about you.

At Oivan, we appreciate different lifestyles and cultural backgrounds. We welcome diversity as a strength. We consider all applications equally regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity. We strongly encourage individuals from groups traditionally underrepresented in tech to apply. On our equitable compensation model, we routinely analyse and close out pay disparities when we find them, including an annual compensation review.

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