Senior SQL DBA — Riyadh, Performance & HA Lead

Cyber Security training courses; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 167,000 - 257,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary package

Full health care scheme

Gym membership discounts

Job summary

ISE in Riyadh—part of the BAE Systems family—is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to manage SQL Server environments, ensure high availability, and lead DB maintenance.

You will monitor performance, implement disaster recovery, and collaborate with IT project teams, developers, and operations to guarantee data integrity.

Required: IT degree, 3–4 years in a similar role, Arabic and English fluency; Saudi national employment; full-time, on-site.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT preferred.
• Relevant IT certificates.
• Knowledge about IT Service Framework.
• 3–4 years of experience in a similar setup, preferably 1 year in a supervisory role.
• Fluent in Arabic and English.

Responsibilities

• Perform standard BAU activities, SQL monitoring and performance tuning.
• Manage disaster recovery and SQL recovery types.
• Script in T-SQL and maintain high availability with Always On AGs.
• Oversee SQL migrations and storage design, backup and recovery plans.
• Lead database design, development, and performance monitoring.
• Collaborate with IT project managers, DB programmers and app developers.
• Ensure communication with technical, applications and operations teams to maintain DB integrity.

Skills

Fluent Arabic and English

Leadership / supervisory experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT

Tools

SQL Server

Always On

Backups & Recovery

SQL migrations

Performance tuning

Job description

ISE in Riyadh—part of the BAE Systems family—is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to manage SQL Server environments, ensure high availability, and lead DB maintenance.

You will monitor performance, implement disaster recovery, and collaborate with IT project teams, developers, and operations to guarantee data integrity.

Required: IT degree, 3–4 years in a similar role, Arabic and English fluency; Saudi national employment; full-time, on-site.