Database Team Lead | Oracle & SQL Server

Excis Compliance

Saudi Arabia

On-site

SAR 300,000 - 420,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Career development opportunities

Global exposure to enterprise clients

Continuous learning

Job summary

Excis is seeking a Database Team Lead – Oracle & SQL Server in Saudi Arabia to lead and administer enterprise-grade database environments. You will oversee Oracle RAC, ASM, Data Guard, and SQL Server Always On, while guiding DBAs, ensuring performance, security, and high availability.

You will drive RCA, capacity planning, upgrades, and migrations, with cloud experience across Azure, AWS, or OCI. A strong leadership mindset and senior problem-solving skills are essential for this role.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or higher in CS/IT/Engineering or related field.
8+ years of enterprise database administration experience.
Strong hands-on experience with Oracle Database 11g/12c/19c/21c.
Strong experience with Microsoft SQL Server.
Experience with Oracle RAC, ASM, Data Guard, and Replication.
Experience with SQL Server Always On, clustering, and replication.
Advanced database performance tuning and query optimization.
Experience with Azure, AWS, and/or OCI.
Proficiency in SQL, PL/SQL, T-SQL, and database scripting.
Experience with Oracle Enterprise Manager and SSMS.

Responsibilities

Lead and oversee enterprise Oracle and SQL Server environments.
Provide technical guidance and mentoring to database admins.
Establish DB administration standards and best practices.
Review configurations, changes, upgrades, and maintenance activities.
Act as a senior technical escalation point for complex database issues.
Lead RCA activities and incident management for P1/P2 issues.
Coordinate upgrades, migrations, patching, and technology refreshes.
Support capacity planning and infrastructure optimization.
Ensure changes follow change-management procedures.
Document backup, recovery, HA/DR, security, and runbooks.

Skills

Oracle Database

Oracle RAC

ASM

Data Guard

SQL Server

Always On

SSMS

RMAN

Performance Tuning

Backup & Recovery

PL/SQL

T-SQL

Database Security

Replication

High Availability

Disaster Recovery

Azure

AWS

OCI

Automation

Capacity Planning

RCA

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Oracle Enterprise Manager

SSMS

Monitoring platforms

Job description

WE'RE HIRING: DATABASE TEAM LEAD – SAUDI ARABIA

About Excis

Excis is a global IT support company with a presence in 190+ countries, a team of 6,000+ engineers, and support for 200+ enterprise clients. We provide a collaborative environment focused on technical excellence, continuous learning, and professional growth.

Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced Database Team Lead – Oracle & SQL Server to provide technical leadership and administration of enterprise-critical database environments.

The successful candidate will have strong hands-on expertise in Oracle Database and Microsoft SQL Server, including Oracle RAC, ASM, Data Guard, SQL Server Always On, Clustering,

Replication, Performance Tuning, Backup & Recovery, Security, High Availability, and Disaster Recovery.

The role will serve as a senior escalation point for critical database incidents, lead RCA activities, oversee upgrades and migrations, support capacity planning, and provide technical guidance to database administrators.

Key Responsibilities

Database Leadership

Lead and oversee enterprise Oracle and SQL Server environments.
Provide technical guidance and mentoring to database administrators.
Establish database administration standards and best practices.
Review configurations, changes, upgrades, and maintenance activities.
Act as a senior technical escalation point for complex database issues.

Oracle Database

Administer Oracle 11g, 12c, 19c, and 21c.
Manage Oracle RAC, ASM, Data Guard, and Replication.
Lead Oracle installation, upgrades, patching, migrations, and troubleshooting.
Support Oracle performance, availability, HA, and DR requirements.

Microsoft SQL Server

Administer enterprise Microsoft SQL Server environments.
Manage Always On Availability Groups, Clustering, and Replication.
Lead SQL Server upgrades, patching, migrations, and troubleshooting.
Support SQL Server performance, HA, and DR requirements.

Performance, Backup & Recovery

Lead database performance monitoring and optimization.
Perform advanced query and database performance tuning.
Support capacity planning and infrastructure optimization.
Manage Oracle RMAN and SQL Server backup/recovery.
Validate backup integrity and recovery capabilities.
Support disaster recovery testing and recovery exercises.

Security, Cloud & Automation

Implement database security, access controls, encryption, and auditing.
Support databases hosted in Azure, AWS, and/or OCI.
Develop automation using SQL, PL/SQL, T-SQL, and scripting.
Improve operational efficiency through database automation.

Incident, RCA & Change Management

Lead resolution of P1/P2 database incidents.
Conduct technical Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
Coordinate technical teams and vendors during major incidents.
Lead database upgrades, migrations, patching, and technology refresh activities.
Ensure changes follow approved change-management procedures.

Documentation & Standards

Maintain database architecture and configuration documentation.
Develop operational runbooks and troubleshooting guides.
Document backup, recovery, HA/DR, security, and operational procedures.
Drive continuous improvement of database administration processes.

Essential Skills & Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related field.
8+ years of enterprise database administration experience.
Strong hands-on experience with Oracle Database 11g/12c/19c/21c.
Strong experience with Microsoft SQL Server.
Extensive experience with:
Oracle RAC
Oracle ASM
Oracle Data Guard
Oracle Replication
SQL Server Always On
SQL Server Clustering
SQL Server Replication
Advanced database performance tuning and query optimization.
Strong experience in backup, recovery, HA, and DR.
Strong knowledge of database security, encryption, auditing, and access controls.
Experience with Azure, AWS, and/or OCI.
Proficiency in SQL, PL/SQL, T-SQL, and database scripting.
Experience with Oracle Enterprise Manager, SSMS, and monitoring platforms.
Experience supporting critical production environments.
Strong leadership, troubleshooting, analytical, and communication skills.
Banking or Financial Services experience is advantageous.