Multiplatform DBA - HA, Replication & On-Call Support

Oivan; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Oivan is seeking a Database Administrator (DBA) with 2 to 5 years of experience to support enterprise-scale PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL/MariaDB, and MSSQL environments in Saudi Arabia.

You will ensure high availability and disaster recovery, implement backups and security controls, perform performance tuning and migrations, and provide 24x7 on-call support within a cross-functional team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, IT, or related field.
• 2–5 years of DBA experience in production environments.
• Saudi national required.
• Strong experience with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MSSQL, MySQL/MariaDB, HA, replication, tuning, and migrations.
• Experience with backup tools such as pgBackRest, PBM, Percona XtraBackup, and SQL Server native tools.
• Excellent communication skills in English and Arabic.
• Working hours: 13:00–21:00, Sunday to Thursday, Saudi Arabia time.
• Ability to work within a cross‑functional team and support client operations.

Responsibilities

• Manage PostgreSQL/Patroni, MongoDB replica sets, MySQL/MariaDB, and SQL Server Always On.
• Ensure high availability, replication, automated failover, backup, and disaster recovery.
• Perform performance tuning, indexing, upgrades, migrations, and patching.
• Implement security, access controls, auditing, and documentation.
• Provide support on client site.
• Participate in 24x7 on‑call support and incident resolution.

Skills

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

MS SQL Server

MySQL/MariaDB

HA/High availability

Replication

Performance tuning

Backups & DR

Migrations

Security

On-call support

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT

Tools

Patroni

pgBackRest

PBM

Percona XtraBackup

SQL Server native tools

Job description

Oivan is seeking a Database Administrator (DBA) with 2 to 5 years of experience to support enterprise-scale PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL/MariaDB, and MSSQL environments in Saudi Arabia.

You will ensure high availability and disaster recovery, implement backups and security controls, perform performance tuning and migrations, and provide 24x7 on-call support within a cross-functional team.