DBA Trainee: Data Platform & Automation

Salla; Medina; On-site; SAR 56,000 - 78,000; Part time

Job summary

Salla is seeking a curious and detail-oriented Database Administrator Trainee to join our Data Platform team through the Tamheer Program. This role offers hands-on exposure to production-scale databases, learning how to design, monitor, optimize, secure, backup, and recover databases while working within a collaborative engineering environment.

You will write and optimize SQL queries, analyze performance, and develop Python scripts to automate tasks.

Qualifications

• Good foundational knowledge of SQL.
• Ability to write queries using joins, aggregations, filtering, and subqueries.
• Basic Python programming skills.
• Strong critical-thinking and problem-solving abilities.
• Analytical mindset and attention to detail.
• Ability to benchmark solutions and validate assumptions.
• Willingness to investigate problems rather than take results at face value.
• Good communication and documentation skills.

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 and operational tasks.
• Validate data accuracy, consistency, and integrity.
• Prepare technical reports, performance findings, and recommendations.
• Support documentation of database standards, procedures, and best practices.
• Learn how database changes are safely tested before being applied to critical environments.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives across the Data Platform.

Skills

SQL basics

Joins & aggregations

Python basics

Analytical thinking

Documentation

Tools

Linux basics

Git

APIs

Cloud platforms

Job description

Salla is seeking a curious and detail-oriented Database Administrator Trainee to join our Data Platform team through the Tamheer Program. This role offers hands-on exposure to production-scale databases, learning how to design, monitor, optimize, secure, backup, and recover databases while working within a collaborative engineering environment.

You will write and optimize SQL queries, analyze performance, and develop Python scripts to automate tasks.