Database Administrator (Saudi nationals preferred)
Job Location:
Job Location:
Riyadh - Saudi Arabia
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Monthly Salary:
Posted on:
3 hours ago
Posted on:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
What We Need
At Oivan we are looking for a Saudi Database Administrator with at least three years of experience in database management activities using frameworks such as PostgreSQL Patroni pgbouncer HAProxy MongoDB.
As an experienced DBA with a background in Agile Scrum methodologies you will work directly in high impact projects to deliver high-quality technical solutions ensuring alignment with organizational goals and client expectations.
You will be based on-site at our customers premises in Riyadh KSA and the position requires fluency in both Arabic and English. For this role preference is given to Saudi nationals.
As an experienced DBA with a background in Agile Scrum methodologies you will work directly in high impact projects to deliver high-quality technical solutions ensuring alignment with organizational goals and client expectations.
You will be based on-site at our customers premises in Riyadh KSA and the position requires fluency in both Arabic and English. For this role preference is given to Saudi nationals.
What Youll Do
Database lifecycle management - as a DBA we want you to focus on the following responsibilities:
- Install configure upgrade patch migrate and administer enterprise databases across multiple platforms including PostgreSQL MongoDB MySQL/MariaDB and SQL Server.
- Manage day-to-day database operations and ensure database platforms are stable available and production-ready
- Design implement and maintain high-availability and disaster recovery solutions for database platforms. This includes technologies such as PostgreSQL Patroni pgbouncer HAProxy MongoDB Replica Sets and Galera Cluster.
- Configure and support replication failover switchover backup and restore mechanisms to minimize downtime and data loss.
- Support enterprise HA/DR topologies and operational acceptance of resilient database environments.
- Own backup and recovery strategy execution using tools such as pgBackRest for PostgreSQL and native database backup tools for other engines.
- Validate restore procedures and ensure DR readiness through testing and operational support.
- Monitor and optimize database performance through query tuning indexing execution plan analysis monitoring and capacity planning.
- Troubleshoot production issues identify bottlenecks and improve database efficiency and scalability
- Implement and maintain database security controls including encryption at rest and in transit TLS/SSL access controls user/role management auditing and hardening.
- Support secure database operations aligned with enterprise operational and security best practices.
- Collaborate with infrastructure application and operations teams on migrations deployments troubleshooting and production support.
- Communicate clearly on incidents risks architecture and operational recommendations.
- Automate database administration and operational tasks using Shell/Bash Python Ansible Terraform Git/GitHub and CI/CD pipelines.
- Standardize deployments reduce manual effort and improve repeatability across environments through automation.
- Work across Linux and Windows server environments to support database infrastructure and operational tooling.
- Use monitoring and operational tools to maintain service health and support proactive issue detection.
What You Have
- Hands-on experience in database installation configuration upgrades patching migration and administration
- Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL Patroni pgbouncer HAProxy MongoDB Replica Sets MySQL Galera Cluster and SQL Server Always On Availability Groups
- Experience with High Availability (HA) Disaster Recovery (DR) replication failover and backup & recovery strategies using pgBackRest (PostgreSQL) and native database backup tools.
- Expertise in database performance tuning query optimization indexing monitoring capacity planning and troubleshooting.
- Strong experience in Database Security Data Encryption (TDE TLS/SSL encryption at rest/in transit) user and role management access controls auditing and security hardening.
- Automation Skills: Shell/Bash Python PowerShell Ansible Terraform Git/GitHub and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins GitHub Actions GitLab CI or Azure DevOps).
- Experience with Windows and Linux administration database monitoring tools and enterprise operational best practice
- Good communication analytical troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
Who We Are
Oivan company culture is reflective of our core values: Responsibility Reliability and Fellowship. The decisions we make today influence our tomorrow. We are sincere in our responsibility towards our employees customers and the environment. Fellowship unites us as an international community of thinkers and doers. Throughout our hiring process you will have access to a broad representation of the Oivan team in order to get to know us as we learn about you.
At Oivanwe appreciate different lifestyles and cultural backgrounds. We welcome diversity as a strength. We consider all applications equally regardless of race colour ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability or gender identity. We strongly encourage individuals from groups traditionally underrepresented in tech to apply. On our equitable compensation model we routinely analyse and close out pay disparities when we find them including an annual compensation review.
At Oivanwe appreciate different lifestyles and cultural backgrounds. We welcome diversity as a strength. We consider all applications equally regardless of race colour ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability or gender identity. We strongly encourage individuals from groups traditionally underrepresented in tech to apply. On our equitable compensation model we routinely analyse and close out pay disparities when we find them including an annual compensation review.
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Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
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