
DBA (Saudi National) - Oivan - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Database Administrator
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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
| Location | Active listings |
|---|---|
| Remote - Global | 11 |
| Helsinki, Finland | 1 |
| Role type | Active listings |
|---|---|
| Solution Engineer | 1 |
| Open Application | 1 |
| Account Delivery Operations | 1 |
| Quality Assurance Engineer | 1 |
| Release Manager | 1 |
| Golang Developer | 1 |
| Business Analyst | 1 |
| Solution Architect & Key Account Manager | 1 |
| Human Resources Specialist | 1 |
| DevOps Engineer | 1 |
| Network Security Consultant | 1 |
| Operations Support | 1 |
| Role level | Active listings |
|---|---|
| Mid-Level | 11 |
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
Education Level
Bachelor