Senior Database Engineer

Deepsource Technologies; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Deepsource Technologies in Riyadh is seeking a Senior MS SQL and Oracle Database Engineer to lead and protect critical banking database infrastructure.

The role requires 10+ years IT experience, 7+ years hands-on with MS SQL and Oracle in on-prem environments, and strong clustering, DR, and performance tuning capabilities to ensure high availability and reliability.

Qualifications

• 10+ years IT experience with database engineering.
• 7+ years hands-on MS SQL and Oracle in on-prem environments.
• Experience with clustering, replication, DR across production and DR sites.
• Banking sector experience mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Administer MS SQL Server and Oracle databases in a banking environment.
• Manage on-premises database clusters for MS SQL and Oracle.
• Configure clustering, replication, and DR environments.
• Troubleshoot availability, performance and connectivity issues.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, application and network teams to resolve DB issues.
• Support maintenance and operational activities per banking requirements.

Skills

MS SQL Server

Oracle Database

Database clustering

Replication

Performance tuning

Banking domain knowledge

Job description

WE are looking for a highly experienced Senior MS SQL amp Oracle Database Engineer to manage and support critical database infrastructure within a banking environment. The ideal candidate must have strong banking experience and extensive hands‑on expertise in Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle databases including on‑premises clustering, replication, Disaster Recovery, DR, advanced troubleshooting and SQL query performance tuning.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and support MS SQL Server and Oracle databases in a critical banking environment.


• Manage and maintain on‑premises MS SQL and Oracle database clusters.


• Configure and support database clustering, replication and DR environments.


• Support database replication between primary production environments and DR sites.


• Troubleshoot complex database availability, performance and connectivity issues.


• Perform advanced troubleshooting and fine‑tuning of MS SQL queries.


• Analyze query execution and identify performance bottlenecks.


• Ensure database environments maintain high availability and operational reliability.


• Support database‑related incidents and perform root‑cause analysis.


• Work closely with infrastructure, application, network and other technical teams to resolve database issues.


• Support database maintenance and operational activities in accordance with banking requirements.

Experience

• 10+ years of total IT experience.


• Minimum 7 years of hands‑on experience with MS SQL Database and Oracle.


• Strong hands‑on experience with MS SQL clustering in on‑premises environments.


• Strong hands‑on experience with Oracle clustering in on‑premises environments.


• Hands‑on experience with MS SQL and Oracle replication.


• Hands‑on experience supporting DR sites and database replication/DR environments.


• Advanced troubleshooting and MS SQL query performance tuning experience.


• Banking experience Mandatory.