On-Site Riyadh DBA — HA/DR & PostgreSQL/MongoDB

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

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