Senior Database Administrator; Fan- Platform

Senior Database Administrator (Fan-)

Contract Duration: 3 Months (with possibility of extension)

Joining: ASAP

We are seeking a Senior Database Administrator (DBA) to lead database administration and data-layer operations for the Fan‑, supporting a sporting event in Saudi Arabia.

This role is critical to ensuring secure, highly available, and scalable databases that support complex integrations, real‑time workloads, and peak traffic during live events
. The DBA will define database architecture standards, manage multi‑environment and multi‑region deployments, and ensure data reliability across mobile, web, backend, CRM, and third‑party systems
.

• Own database administration and data‑layer operations for Fan‑, including CRM, Azure, and multiple database technologies
• Design, implement, and maintain relational and non‑relational databases
• Ensure databases are secure, highly available, and scalable
  , capable of handling high‑traffic live event workloads
• Define and implement database architecture standards and best practices
• Design and maintain logical and physical data models
• Support multi‑environment and multi‑region database strategies
• Query tuning and indexing
• Execution plan analysis
• Design and manage High Availability (HA) configurations, replication, failover, backup, restore, and Disaster Recovery (DR) plans
• Implement and enforce database security best practices
• Collaborate with application, integration, security, and Dev Ops teams for end‑to‑end data reliability
• Plan and execute database‑focused testing, including:
• Performance and load testing
• Failover and recovery testing
• Backup and restore validation
• Data integrity and consistency checks

• Hands‑on experience as a Database Administrator in production environments
• Strong expertise with relational databases
  :
• SQL Server
• Oracle
• MySQL
• Experience with No
  
  SQL databases
  :
• MongoDB
• Solid experience with database performance tuning and optimization
• High Availability (HA)
• Replication and failover strategies
• Disaster recovery (DR) plans
• Experience supporting large‑scale, high‑traffic platforms
• Understanding of event‑driven and microservices‑based architectures from a data perspective
• Hands‑on experience with cloud‑hosted databases
  :
• AWS
• GCP

• Experience with identity platforms, ticketing systems, or large event ecosystems
• Familiarity with real‑time systems and live‑event traffic patterns
• Exposure to Dev Ops, CI/CD, and infrastructure‑as‑code practices

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