Database Administrator ( Mid-Level DBA)
Job in
Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Listed on 2026-10-16
Listing for:
Datamatics Technologies
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-10-16
Job specializations:
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IT/Tech
Database Administrator, Disaster Recovery IT, Systems Administrator, Data Engineering
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Location: Saudi Arabia
Nationality: Saudi National (Mandatory)
Experience: 3-5 Years (Mid-Level)
Employment Type: Full-Time
Work Mode: Onsite
We are seeking a skilled and motivated Database Administrator (DBA) with 3-5 years of hands-on experience managing and supporting enterprise database environments. The ideal candidate will be responsible for database administration, monitoring, maintenance, performance optimization, backup and recovery, security management, high availability, disaster recovery, and database support activities.
The candidate should possess practical experience with PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, and/or MySQL in production environments and demonstrate the ability to ensure database performance, availability, reliability, and security.
Key Responsibilities- Perform database administration, monitoring, maintenance, and troubleshooting activities
- Install, configure, upgrade, patch, and maintain database systems
- Manage database backup, recovery, replication, and disaster recovery processes
- Monitor database performance, capacity, availability, and overall health
- Perform SQL query optimization and database performance tuning
- Manage database security, users, roles, permissions, and access controls
- Troubleshoot and resolve database-related incidents and performance issues
- Support database migrations, upgrades, patching, and maintenance activities
- Ensure data integrity, reliability, and availability
- Maintain database documentation, procedures, and configurations
- Collaborate with development, infrastructure, and application teams on database-related initiatives
- Participate in failover testing, disaster recovery testing, and maintenance activities
- Support production, development, and testing database environments
- 3-5 years of hands-on Database Administration experience
- Strong experience with one or more of the following:
- PostgreSQL
- Oracle Database
- Microsoft SQL Server
- MySQL
- Database Installation, Configuration, and Administration
- Database Backup and Recovery
- Database Replication
- High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR)
- SQL Query Optimization
- Database Performance Tuning
- Database Monitoring and Health Checks
- Database Troubleshooting and Incident Resolution
- Database Security Administration
- User, Role, Permission, and Access Management
- Database Migration and Upgrade Activities
- Patch Management and Maintenance
- Experience supporting Production Database Environments
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Good communication and documentation skills
- Oracle RAC Administration
- Oracle Data Guard
- SQL Server Always On Availability Groups
- SQL Server Failover Clustering
- PostgreSQL Streaming Replication
- PostgreSQL Patroni / Pg Pool
- MySQL Replication
- Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM)
- Grafana, Zabbix, Nagios, or similar monitoring tools
- Linux Administration
- Shell Scripting
- Power Shell Scripting
- Python Scripting
- Azure, AWS, OCI, or GCP Database Services
- Dev Ops and Automation Experience
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- ITIL Knowledge
- Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or MySQL Certifications
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