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DBA (Saudi National) - Oivan - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Database Administrator

Posted: July 22, 2026
Posted 2 days ago
Last seen in crawl: July 23, 2026 (today)
Estimated Expiry: August 26, 2026
Remoteness
Role & Management
Role Level:Mid-Level
Management Tier:No People Management
Job Type
Experience
2 years

Job Description

What We Need We are seeking a Database Administrator (DBA) with 2 to 5 years of experience to support and operate enterprise-scale, mission-critical database platforms across PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL/MariaDB, and Microsoft SQL Server. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in high availability, performance tuning, disaster recovery, replication, backup and recovery, database security, and production database operations. What You'll Do Responsibilities - Manage PostgreSQL/Patroni, MongoDB replica sets, MySQL/MariaDB, and SQL Server Always On. - Ensure high availability, replication, automated failover, backup, and disaster recovery. - Perform performance tuning, indexing, upgrades, migrations, and patching. - Implement security, access controls, auditing, and documentation. - Provide support on client site. - Participate in 24x7 on-call support and incident resolution. What You Have Requirements - Bachelor’s degree in CS, IT, or related field. - 2–5 years of DBA experience in production environments. - Saudi national required. - Strong experience with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MSSQL, MySQL/MariaDB, HA, replication, tuning, and migrations. - Experience with backup tools such as pgBackRest, PBM, Percona XtraBackup, and SQL Server native tools. - Excellent communication skills in English and Arabic. - Working hours: 13:00–21:00, Sunday to Thursday, Saudi Arabia time. - Ability to work within a cross-functional team and support client operations. Nice to Have - Experience with Kubernetes database operators such as Zalando Patroni Operator or Percona Operators. - Familiarity with Redis, Elasticsearch, or other NoSQL/time-series databases. - Experience working in an ITIL-based environment.

Company Information

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Current open roles at Oivan on JobCrawls
LocationActive listings
Remote - Global11
Helsinki, Finland1
Current role mix at Oivan on JobCrawls
Role typeActive listings
Solution Engineer1
Open Application1
Account Delivery Operations1
Quality Assurance Engineer1
Release Manager1
Golang Developer1
Business Analyst1
Solution Architect & Key Account Manager1
Human Resources Specialist1
DevOps Engineer1
Network Security Consultant1
Operations Support1
Current role-level mix at Oivan on JobCrawls
Role levelActive listings
Mid-Level11

Oivan appears in 12 indexed job postings in JobCrawls' Finland dataset since January 2026. In that historical index, the strongest location signals for this employer are Remote - Global and Helsinki, Finland.

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Job Details

Responsibilities

  • Manage PostgreSQL/Patroni, MongoDB replica sets, MySQL/MariaDB, and SQL Server Always On
  • Ensure high availability, replication, automated failover, backup, and disaster recovery
  • Perform performance tuning, indexing, upgrades, migrations, and patching
  • Implement security, access controls, auditing, and documentation
  • Provide support on client site
  • Participate in 24x7 on-call support and incident resolution

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in CS, IT, or related field
  • 2–5 years of DBA experience in production environments
  • Saudi national required
  • Strong experience with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MSSQL, MySQL/MariaDB, HA, replication, tuning, and migrations
  • Experience with backup tools such as pgBackRest, PBM, Percona XtraBackup, and SQL Server native tools
  • Excellent communication skills in English and Arabic
  • Ability to work within a cross-functional team and support client operations

Skills & Technologies

PostgreSQLMongoDBMySQLMariaDBMicrosoft SQL ServerPatronipgBackRestPBMPercona XtraBackupHigh AvailabilityDisaster Recovery

Education Level

Bachelor
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