Senior SQL DBA

(Saudi National Only)

G11

Riyadh

Full Time

23/07/2026

• Standard BAU activities, SQL monitoring, performance tuning using profiler and extended events
• Disaster recovery experience, knowledge of SQL recovery types
• TSQL scripting
• High availability with 'Always on' availability groups
• SQL migration activities
• Experience with SQL versions 2008R2 to SQL
  2019
• Lead creating and maintaining storage design, archive, backup and recovery activities, plans and procedures
• Lead designing, creating, maintaining and monitoring database instances
• Security, access and reporting methods
• Develop and implement procedures and monitoring processes to ensure data integrity, availability and validation
• Provide consultancy and support on new technologies to improve the functionality or the efficiency of databases
• Support technical support team on database design, development and maintenance as required
• Ensuring that storage, archiving, back‑up and recovery procedures are functioning correctly
• Map out the conceptual design for a planned database in outline
• Refine the logical design so that it can be translated into a specific data model
• Monitor the process of further refining the physical design to meet system storage requirements
• Oversee installing and testing new versions of the DBMS
• Liaise and coordinate related work stream with IT project managers, database programmers and application developers
• Review the design and development of SQL queries, stored procedures, views, DDL DML commands as and when required
• Ensure proper communication regularly with technical, applications and operational staff to ensure database integrity and optimisation
• Supervise commissioning and installing new applications and customizing existing applications in order to make them fit for purpose
• Ensure all procedure documentation and guide manuals are in place
• Ensure to report on availability, performance and capacity aspects for all DBs and related infrastructure components

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

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Generous leave and leave allowance
• Full health care scheme
• Access to discounted gym membership