Database Administrator

Black & Grey HR

Job Location:

Doha - Qatar

Monthly Salary: QAR 22000 - 22000

Experience Required: 5years

Posted on: 3 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Black & Grey HR is recruiting for an established technology solutions and services provider in Doha Qatar. Our client is seeking an experienced Database Administrator who will be responsible for the deployment operation monitoring security and optimization of enterprise database environments across on-premises and multi-cloud platforms. This role ensures high availability performance data protection and operational stability for database systems while supporting application teams and business users within a complex large-scale environment.

Key Responsibilities

Database Operations & Administration

- Install configure upgrade and manage database platforms across on-premises Azure and GCP environments.

- Handle day-to-day database administration including user management backup recovery and patching.

- Ensure platform stability and maintain operational readiness.

Multi-Cloud & Hybrid Database Management

- Operate and support hybrid and multi-cloud database environments ensuring seamless integration between on-premises Azure and GCP platforms.

- Manage native cloud database services including Azure SQL Azure Managed Instance Azure Fabric and Google Cloud databases.

- Ensure reliable connectivity and integration across all platforms.

High Availability & Disaster Recovery

- Configure and maintain high-availability and disaster recovery solutions for mission-critical databases.

- Monitor replication clustering failover and backup mechanisms.

- Participate in DR planning testing and continuous improvement efforts.

Performance & Capacity Management

- Monitor database performance and proactively resolve bottlenecks.

- Optimize queries indexes storage and configurations for large-scale SQL environments.

- Support capacity planning and growth forecasting.

Data Warehouse & Data Lake Operations

- Operate and support enterprise data warehouses and data lakes ensuring high availability operational stability and performance optimization.

- Manage data refresh loading and scheduling processes for analytics platforms.

Security Compliance & Access Control

- Implement and enforce database security controls including access management encryption auditing and logging.

- Support vulnerability management patching and security hardening activities.

- Ensure compliance with organizational security and data protection policies.

Project Support & Continuous Improvement

- Support database initiatives such as new deployments migrations upgrades and modernization projects.

- Automate routine operations and contribute to the development of standard operating procedures.

- Maintain accurate documentation and operational runbooks.

Stakeholder & Team Collaboration

- Collaborate closely with the Systems Architect Lead application teams and infrastructure teams.

- Support business users and application owners with database-related requirements.

- Communicate technical issues clearly and professionally.

Requirements

- 68 years of experience as a Database Administrator in enterprise environments.

- Strong hands-on experience with SQL databases in high-availability high-performance environments.

- Experience supporting on-premises hybrid and multi-cloud database platforms (Azure and/or GCP).

- Practical expertise in backup recovery replication performance tuning and database operations.

- Exposure to enterprise data warehouse and analytics platforms is highly desirable.

- Bachelors degree in computer science information technology or a related field.

- Relevant certifications are preferred such as:

Microsoft Azure Database / Data certifications

Google Cloud Database or Data Engineer certifications

ITIL Foundation or equivalent (desirable)

- Strong expertise in SQL Server and enterprise-grade relational databases.

- Hands-on experience with Azure SQL Azure Managed Instance Azure Fabric and Google Cloud databases.

- Solid understanding of high availability disaster recovery and database security concepts.

- Experience with database monitoring alerting and performance tuning tools.

- Knowledge of automation scripting and operational best practices.

- Good communication documentation and teamwork skills.

Benefits

- Competitive Salary Benefits Package

Required Skills:

- 68 years of experience as a Database Administrator in enterprise environments. - Strong hands-on experience with SQL databases in high-availability high-performance environments. - Experience supporting on-premises hybrid and multi-cloud database platforms (Azure and/or GCP). - Practical expertise in backup recovery replication performance tuning and database operations. - Exposure to enterprise data warehouse and analytics platforms is highly desirable. - Bachelors degree in computer science information technology or a related field. - Relevant certifications are preferred such as: Microsoft Azure Database / Data certifications Google Cloud Database or Data Engineer certifications ITIL Foundation or equivalent (desirable) - Strong expertise in SQL Server and enterprise-grade relational databases. - Hands-on experience with Azure SQL Azure Managed Instance Azure Fabric and Google Cloud databases. - Solid understanding of high availability disaster recovery and database security concepts. - Experience with database monitoring alerting and performance tuning tools. - Knowledge of automation scripting and operational best practices. - Good communication documentation and teamwork skills.

Required Education:

- Bachelors degree in computer science information technology or a related field.

Black & Grey HR is recruiting for an established technology solutions and services provider in Doha Qatar. Our client is seeking an experienced Database Administrator who will be responsible for the deployment operation monitoring security and optimization of enterprise database environments across ...

Key Responsibilities

Database Operations & Administration

- Install configure upgrade and manage database platforms across on-premises Azure and GCP environments.

- Handle day-to-day database administration including user management backup recovery and patching.

- Ensure platform stability and maintain operational readiness.

Multi-Cloud & Hybrid Database Management

- Operate and support hybrid and multi-cloud database environments ensuring seamless integration between on-premises Azure and GCP platforms.

- Manage native cloud database services including Azure SQL Azure Managed Instance Azure Fabric and Google Cloud databases.

- Ensure reliable connectivity and integration across all platforms.

High Availability & Disaster Recovery

- Configure and maintain high-availability and disaster recovery solutions for mission-critical databases.

- Monitor replication clustering failover and backup mechanisms.

- Participate in DR planning testing and continuous improvement efforts.

Performance & Capacity Management

- Monitor database performance and proactively resolve bottlenecks.

- Optimize queries indexes storage and configurations for large-scale SQL environments.

- Support capacity planning and growth forecasting.

Data Warehouse & Data Lake Operations

- Operate and support enterprise data warehouses and data lakes ensuring high availability operational stability and performance optimization.

- Manage data refresh loading and scheduling processes for analytics platforms.

Security Compliance & Access Control

- Implement and enforce database security controls including access management encryption auditing and logging.

- Support vulnerability management patching and security hardening activities.

- Ensure compliance with organizational security and data protection policies.

Project Support & Continuous Improvement

- Support database initiatives such as new deployments migrations upgrades and modernization projects.

- Automate routine operations and contribute to the development of standard operating procedures.

- Maintain accurate documentation and operational runbooks.

Stakeholder & Team Collaboration

- Collaborate closely with the Systems Architect Lead application teams and infrastructure teams.

- Support business users and application owners with database-related requirements.

- Communicate technical issues clearly and professionally.

Requirements

- 68 years of experience as a Database Administrator in enterprise environments.

- Strong hands-on experience with SQL databases in high-availability high-performance environments.

- Experience supporting on-premises hybrid and multi-cloud database platforms (Azure and/or GCP).

- Practical expertise in backup recovery replication performance tuning and database operations.

- Exposure to enterprise data warehouse and analytics platforms is highly desirable.

- Bachelors degree in computer science information technology or a related field.

- Relevant certifications are preferred such as:

Microsoft Azure Database / Data certifications

Google Cloud Database or Data Engineer certifications

ITIL Foundation or equivalent (desirable)

- Strong expertise in SQL Server and enterprise-grade relational databases.

- Hands-on experience with Azure SQL Azure Managed Instance Azure Fabric and Google Cloud databases.

- Solid understanding of high availability disaster recovery and database security concepts.

- Experience with database monitoring alerting and performance tuning tools.

- Knowledge of automation scripting and operational best practices.

- Good communication documentation and teamwork skills.

Benefits

- Competitive Salary Benefits Package

Required Skills:

Required Education:

- Bachelors degree in computer science information technology or a related field.

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