Database Performance & Automation Engineer

Jobtailor; Medina; On-site; SAR 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a skilled Data Platform professional to write, review, and optimize SQL queries, analyze database performance, and support monitoring, health checks, and capacity analysis. You will assist with backup, recovery, replication, and high-availability activities, and investigate incidents to identify root causes.

You will develop Python scripts to automate repetitive tasks, validate data integrity, and compile technical reports with recommendations.

Qualifications

• Proficient in SQL writing and optimization.
• Basic Python programming skills.
• Analytical mindset with attention to detail.
• Willingness to investigate problems beyond the obvious.
• Good communication and documentation abilities.

Responsibilities

• Write, review, and optimize SQL queries.
• Analyze database performance and identify slow or inefficient queries.
• Support database monitoring, health checks, and capacity analysis.
• Assist with database backup, recovery, replication, and high-availability activities.
• Investigate database incidents and help identify root causes.
• Perform benchmarking and compare database configurations, queries, and technologies.
• Develop Python scripts to automate repetitive database tasks.
• Validate data accuracy, consistency, and integrity.
• Prepare technical reports and recommendations.
• Document database standards and operational procedures.

Skills

SQL Query Writing

Python scripting

Data Analysis

Documentation

Critical Thinking

Tools

MySQL

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Redis

Linux

Git

APIs

Cloud Platforms

Container Technologies

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking a skilled Data Platform professional to write, review, and optimize SQL queries, analyze database performance, and support monitoring, health checks, and capacity analysis. You will assist with backup, recovery, replication, and high-availability activities, and investigate incidents to identify root causes.

You will develop Python scripts to automate repetitive tasks, validate data integrity, and compile technical reports with recommendations.