Senior Database Administrator (Fan-ID Platform)

Talent BluePrint; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech solutions provider is seeking a Senior Database Administrator in Riyadh. The role involves leading database administration for the Fan-ID platform, ensuring security, availability, and performance across complex integrations. Responsibilities include database architecture, optimization, and collaboration with cross-functional teams. Ideal candidates possess strong skills in relational and NoSQL databases, with a focus on cloud-hosted solutions, and are experienced in handling large-scale, high-traffic platforms.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience as a Database Administrator in real production environments.
• Solid experience implementing high availability and disaster recovery strategies.
• Experience supporting large-scale, high-traffic platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead database administration and data-layer operations for the Fan-ID platform.
• Design, implement, and maintain relational and non-relational databases.
• Ensure databases are secure, highly available, and capable of handling high-traffic workloads.
• Support multi-environment and multi-region database strategies when required.

Skills

Database Administration

Database Performance Tuning

Relational Databases (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL)

NoSQL Databases (Cosmos DB, MongoDB)

High Availability (HA)

Disaster Recovery (DR)

Event-driven Architectures

Cloud-hosted Databases (Azure, AWS, GCP)

Job description

Contract Duration: 3 Months (with possibility of extension)

Work Mode: Onsite

Location: Riyadh

Joining: ASAP

Nationality Preference: Saudi National preferred

Role Overview

We are seeking a Senior Database Administrator to lead database administration and data-layer operations for the Fan-ID platform. This role is critical to ensuring secure, highly available, and scalable databases that support complex integrations, real-time workloads, and peak traffic during live events.

You will play a key role in defining database architecture standards, managing multi-environment and multi-region deployments, and ensuring data reliability across mobile, web, backend, CRM, and third-party systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Own database administration and data-layer operations for the Fan-ID platform, including CRM, Azure, and multiple database technologies
• Design, implement, and maintain relational and non-relational databases supporting Fan-ID applications
• Ensure databases are secure, highly available, scalable, and capable of handling high-traffic live event workloads
• Define and contribute to database architecture standards and best practices
• Design and maintain logical and physical data models
• Support multi-environment and multi-region database strategies when required
• Support databases used by:
  • Mobile and web applications
  • Backend and integration services
  • CRM, CMS, and third-party systems
• Optimize database performance through:
  • Query tuning and indexing
  • Execution plan analysis
  • Data model optimization
• Design and manage:
  • High Availability (HA) configurations
  • Replication and failover strategies
  • Backup, restore, and Disaster Recovery (DR) plans
• Implement and enforce database security best practices
• Collaborate closely with application, integration, security, and DevOps teams to ensure end-to-end data reliability
• Plan and execute database-focused testing, including:
  • Performance and load testing
  • Failover and recovery testing
  • Backup and restore validation
  • Data integrity and consistency checks

Required Experience & Skills

• Hands-on experience as a Database Administrator in real production environments
• Proven experience with relational databases such as:
  • SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL
• Experience with NoSQL databases, including:
  • Cosmos DB, MongoDB, or equivalent
• Strong expertise in database performance tuning and optimization
• Solid experience implementing:
  • High availability
  • Replication
  • Disaster recovery strategies
• Experience supporting large-scale, high-traffic platforms
• Good understanding of event-driven and microservices-based architectures from a data perspective
• Hands-on experience with cloud-hosted database platforms on:
  • Azure (preferred), AWS, or GCP

Nice to Have

• Identity platforms, ticketing systems, or large event ecosystems
• Exposure to real-time systems and live-event traffic patterns
• Familiarity with DevOps, CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code practices