Senior Oracle & Database Engineer
Gateworth Group
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Job summary
Gateworth Group is supporting a Technology Consultancy in Saudi Arabia with the hire of a senior database specialist to own Oracle, Exadata, SQL Server, and MySQL environments. You will be hands-on with performance tuning, high availability, security, and enterprise-grade database operations.
The successful candidate will work closely with the Database Manager to drive operational excellence, governance, and continuous improvement across mission-critical systems.
Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience in Oracle DBA roles.
- Strong hands-on experience with OCI, Exadata, RAC, Data Guard, and GoldenGate.
- Proven experience in database migration, performance tuning, and high-availability design.
- Solid administration experience across SQL Server and MySQL.
- Strong understanding of database security, encryption, auditing, and access control.
- Experience troubleshooting complex database issues in enterprise environments.
- Ability to design scalable, secure, and high-performance database solutions.
- Strong scripting and automation capability.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Responsibilities
- Administer and optimise Oracle databases across OCI, Exadata, RAC, Data Guard, and GoldenGate
- Lead performance tuning initiatives (SQL optimisation, indexing strategies, bottleneck resolution)
- Implement and maintain high availability and disaster recovery solutions across Oracle, SQL Server, and MySQL
- Oversee secure database configurations, including RBAC, encryption, auditing, and advanced security features
- Design and implement scalable database architectures across Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, and Sybase
- Manage Exadata operations (storage cell configuration, intelligent storage pools, InfiniBand optimisation)
- Develop automation scripts to streamline administration tasks and improve operational efficiency
- Monitor database health, performance, and availability using advanced monitoring tools
- Troubleshoot complex issues including performance degradation, replication failures, and data corruption
- Contribute to governance frameworks, risk assessments, and policy development
- Stay up to date with emerging database technologies, industry trends, and security best practices
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Job description
Compensation: Competitive salary plus benefits & variable
Gateworth Group is supporting a Technology Consultancy in Saudi Arabia with the hire of a senior database specialist to take ownership of Oracle, Exadata, SQL Server, and MySQL environments. The role is suited to a hands-on engineer with deep expertise across performance tuning, high availability, security, and enterprise-grade database operations. The successful candidate will work closely with the Database Manager to drive operational excellence, governance, and continuous improvement across mission-critical systems.
- Administer and optimise Oracle databases across OCI, Exadata, RAC, Data Guard, and GoldenGate
- Lead performance tuning initiatives (SQL optimisation, indexing strategies, bottleneck resolution)
- Implement and maintain high availability and disaster recovery solutions across Oracle, SQL Server, and MySQL
- Oversee secure database configurations, including RBAC, encryption, auditing, and advanced security features
- Design and implement scalable database architectures across Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, and Sybase
- Manage Exadata operations (storage cell configuration, intelligent storage pools, InfiniBand optimisation)
- Develop automation scripts to streamline administration tasks and improve operational efficiency
- Monitor database health, performance, and availability using advanced monitoring tools
- Troubleshoot complex issues including performance degradation, replication failures, and data corruption
- Contribute to governance frameworks, risk assessments, and policy development
- Stay up to date with emerging database technologies, industry trends, and security best practices
- 7+ years of experience in Oracle DBA roles
- Strong hands-on experience with OCI, Exadata, RAC, Data Guard, and GoldenGate
- Proven experience in database migration, performance tuning, and high-availability design
- Solid administration experience across SQL Server and MySQL
- Strong understanding of database security, encryption, auditing, and access control
- Experience troubleshooting complex database issues in enterprise environments
- Ability to design scalable, secure, and high-performance database solutions
- Strong scripting and automation capability
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
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