Senior Oracle DBA & Data Platform Engineer

Client of Gateworth Group; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 420,000 - 590,000; Full time

Job summary

Gateworth Group client is seeking a senior Oracle DBA in Riyadh to administer and optimize databases across OCI Exadata RAC Data Guard and GoldenGate.

The role focuses on performance tuning, high availability, disaster recovery, backups and secure configurations across Oracle, SQL Server and MySQL, with emphasis on automation and governance.

Excellent communication and stakeholder management are essential, as you will drive change with cross‑functional teams and ensure data integrity and security.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in Oracle DBA roles.
• Hands-on experience with OCI, Exadata, RAC, Data Guard, GoldenGate.
• Migration, performance tuning, and high availability design expertise.
• Administration across SQL Server and MySQL.
• Strong security, encryption, auditing, and access control knowledge.
• Troubleshooting complex enterprise database issues.
• Ability to design scalable, secure, high-performance DB solutions.
• Strong scripting and automation capabilities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Administer and optimise Oracle databases across OCI Exadata RAC Data Guard and GoldenGate.
• Lead SQL performance tuning and indexing strategies.
• Implement high availability and disaster recovery across Oracle, SQL Server and MySQL.
• Manage backups and RMAN processes.
• Oversee secure configurations including RBAC, encryption, auditing.
• Design scalable database architectures across Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL and Sybase.
• Develop automation scripts to streamline administration.
• Monitor health, performance and availability with advanced tools.
• Troubleshoot performance issues, replication failures and data corruption.
• Support change management, testing and rollback planning.
• Contribute to governance, risk assessments and policy development.
• Stay updated with emerging DB technologies and security best practices.

Skills

Oracle DBA

SQL Server

MySQL

Automation scripting

Performance tuning

Security & encryption

RBAC

Tools

OCI

Exadata

RAC

Data Guard

GoldenGate

Job description

Gateworth Group client is seeking a senior Oracle DBA in Riyadh to administer and optimize databases across OCI Exadata RAC Data Guard and GoldenGate.

The role focuses on performance tuning, high availability, disaster recovery, backups and secure configurations across Oracle, SQL Server and MySQL, with emphasis on automation and governance.

Excellent communication and stakeholder management are essential, as you will drive change with cross‑functional teams and ensure data integrity and security.