Senior Engineer - Database Administration

Overview
Presight, an ADX-listed public company limited by shares whose majority shareholder is Abu Dhabi company G42, is the region’s leading big data analytics company powered by Artificial Intelligence (“AI”). It combines big data, analytics, and AI expertise to serve every sector, of every scale, to create business and positive societal impact. With its world-class computer vision, AI and omni-analytics platform as its engine, Presight leverages all-source data to support insight-driven decision making that shapes policy and creates safer, healthier, happier, and more sustainable societies.

The Opportunity
Presight is looking for an experienced professional Senior Engineer - Database Administration (DBA) with technical skills and knowledge that extends across Applications/Server/Storage/Network technologies to administer a large, complex production DB environment. The role performs highly effective centralized database administration for multiple databases, troubleshoot and provide system level support/ guidance/ solutions to ensure a 24X7 operations of mission critical applications.

Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure DB availability 24X7 for mission critical applications.
• Proactively manage and maintain security standards and controls. Implements and maintains database security and encryption.
• Actively seek to optimize and simplify DB architecture.
• Take ownership of performance and capacity monitoring aspects of the DB.
• Execution of data migration jobs and scripts as required.
• Assist the infrastructure team in sizing hardware used for the DB.
• Support and collaborate with product developers. Contribute to the creation and maintenance of disaster recovery plans.
• Create a reliable backup strategy, oversees backup, clustering, mirroring, replication and failover.
• Determine and document DB policies, procedures and standards.
• Performance testing and evaluation to ensure data security, privacy and integrity. Identification of bottle necks and deadlock issues.
• Ensure SLA's & operational KPI’s are met, working as necessary with internal and external support functions when major incidents occur.
• Performs maintenance operations daily, weekly, and monthly on Oracle and SQL servers and databases, and information systems for the purpose of ensuring efficient program operations.
• Performs database backups and restorations and recovers corrupted databases.
• Evaluates and recommends new database technologies.
• Develops, manages, and tests database and information system backup and recovery plans.
• Prepares written materials for documenting activities, providing written reference, and conveying information.
• Prepares and distributes reports, including but not limited to weekly and monthly status reports to management.
• Interface with Oracle Corporation for technical support including patch management and version control.
• Good knowledge of SQL, PLSQL, LINUX, WINDOWS, SCRIPTING, Other related duty as assigned.
• Comply with QHSE (Quality Health Safety and Environment), Business Continuity, Information Security, Privacy, Risk, Compliance Management, and Governance of Organizations policies, procedures, plans, and related risk assessments.

Qualifications
Requirements:

• Bachelor's in Computer Science or related field and minimum 6 years of experience as DBA.
• Ideally, Oracle Certified DB Professional (OCP) with more than 6 years’ experience with Oracle, in a lead role.
• Good knowledge of MS SQLServer, PostgreSQL, and native replication tools.
• Minimum of two years administering database platform specific advanced features (e.g. clustering, encryption, logical/physical standby, ETL, replication).
• Experience should include DB design (modeling and normalization), capacity planning, performance tuning, storage management, Data Partitioning, backup and recovery, managing schemas, data security, report generation and DB clustering technologies, creating and configuring 24x7 highly-available databases.
• Extensive UNIX/LINUX experience.
• Oracle HA and replication (Data Guard, RMAN, Data pump, GoldenGate etc.).
• Architecture design principles.
• Hands-on experience with DB standards and end-user applications-translating capacity requirements into infrastructure deployment technology.
• Strong practical experience of ORACLE in a production RAC (ASM) environment with latest versions, logical/physical standby, ETL, replication.
• Must be a self-starter with a strong attention to detail.
• Experience with an organization with a key reliance on 24/7 reliability on its database.
• Hands-on experience & knowledge in Shell script, python.

What we look for:

• In-depth market and domain knowledge.
• A passion for constant improvement.
• An innovative and creative approach to problem-solving.
• Excellent communication skills.

What working at Presight offers:

• Culture: An open, diverse and inclusive environment with a global vision that encourages personal growth and focuses on ground-breaking, industry-first innovations.
• Career: Outstanding learning, development & growth opportunities via structured training programs and innovative, high-tech projects.
• Rewards: A competitive remuneration package with a host of perks including healthcare, education support, leave benefits, and more.