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.