Senior Database Administrator - Availability & Security

Foreground LLC; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Foreground is seeking an experienced Database Administrator to manage, optimize, and secure its database infrastructure in Riyadh. The role emphasizes high availability, performance tuning, and hands-on troubleshooting across MS SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MySQL.

The successful candidate will support production systems, implement backup/recovery procedures, and collaborate with IT and development teams to ensure data integrity and reliability, including after-hours support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, IT, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on database administration experience in production.
• Experience with enterprise DB platforms (SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL).
• Strong knowledge of security, backups, DR, and performance tuning.
• Proficiency in SQL and database troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, administer, and maintain DBMSs.
• Monitor health, availability, capacity, and performance.
• Perform maintenance, upgrades, patches, and config changes.
• Manage storage, users, permissions, and resources, with documentation.
• Identify and resolve performance issues and incidents with teams.
• Implement security policies, access controls, and auditing.

Skills

Database administration

SQL

Performance tuning

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Microsoft SQL Server

Oracle Database

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Job description

Foreground is seeking an experienced Database Administrator to manage, optimize, and secure its database infrastructure in Riyadh. The role emphasizes high availability, performance tuning, and hands-on troubleshooting across MS SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MySQL.

The successful candidate will support production systems, implement backup/recovery procedures, and collaborate with IT and development teams to ensure data integrity and reliability, including after-hours support.