Senior PostgreSQL & MySQL DBA - AI Platform & Cloud

present of AI; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Lucidya seeks a Senior Database Administrator to manage production PostgreSQL and MySQL databases across AWS, GCP, and a Saudi-only in-country environment. The role focuses on performance tuning, backups, failover planning, and executing upgrades.

A strong candidate has hands-on PostgreSQL experience with multi-terabyte systems and scripting skills. The role supports an AI platform handling high-volume data, requiring dependable storage, quick recovery, and calm incident response.

Qualifications

• Hands-on PostgreSQL on large, multi-terabyte systems.
• Writes scripts to automate routine tasks.
• Experience tuning slow queries.
• Experience with backup and recovery planning.
• Plan and execute failover and major upgrades.

Responsibilities

• Keep production PostgreSQL and MySQL databases healthy across AWS, GCP, and in-country environment.
• Tune slow queries for performance and reliability.
• Set up and validate backups and recovery processes.
• Plan failover strategies and execute safe schema changes.
• Perform major upgrades and choreograph schema migrations.

Skills

PostgreSQL

MySQL

SQL scripting

Bash

Python

Backups & recovery

Failover design

Query tuning

Automation

Tools

AWS

GCP

On-prem / in-country environment

Job description

Lucidya seeks a Senior Database Administrator to manage production PostgreSQL and MySQL databases across AWS, GCP, and a Saudi-only in-country environment. The role focuses on performance tuning, backups, failover planning, and executing upgrades.

A strong candidate has hands-on PostgreSQL experience with multi-terabyte systems and scripting skills. The role supports an AI platform handling high-volume data, requiring dependable storage, quick recovery, and calm incident response.