About the job
In this role, you will collaborate closely with one of our esteemed clients—a globally recognized leader in their industry, distinguished by their commitment to excellence, innovation, and delivering exceptional value. As a trusted IT consulting partner, we are supporting their strategic initiatives by connecting them with exceptional talent to drive business growth and transformation.
We are looking for an experienced Senior Database Admin Engineer to join a long-term project with a Government Entity in the UAE.
- Role: Senior Database Admin Engineer
- Duration: Long Term
- Notice Period: Maximum 30 days
- Work Location: Sharjah, UAE
- Client: Government Entity
- Payroll: the company
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💻 Key Skills
Candidates should have strong hands-on expertise in one or more of the following:
- Oracle
- Microsoft SQL Server
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
- MongoDB
🔧 Key Responsibilities
- Manage and maintain database systems for high availability, reliability, security, and performance.
- Perform database installation, configuration, patching, monitoring, backup & recovery, and performance tuning.
- Design and optimize database structures, schemas, and data models in collaboration with development and infrastructure teams.
- Troubleshoot complex database issues including performance bottlenecks, connectivity, data corruption, and system failures.
- Implement database security controls, access management, encryption, auditing, and monitoring.
- Plan and execute database upgrades, migrations, and capacity planning.
- Develop scripts and automation for database administration and maintenance.
- Manage backup, recovery, disaster recovery, and data integrity processes.
- Participate in change management, testing, documentation, and production implementation.
- Coordinate with database vendors/service providers and provide technical guidance to junior DBAs.
Expertise in:
- Database architecture & administration
- Performance tuning, query optimization & index management
- Partitioning and database optimization
- Backup & Recovery / Point-in-Time Recovery
- Disaster Recovery
- Database Security & Auditing
- Database Monitoring & Diagnostic Tools
- Capacity Planning
- SQL / PL-SQL / PowerShell / Python
- Database automation and scripting
- Troubleshooting and root-cause analysis
🎓 Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Applied Science, or a related field.
- 6+ years of relevant database administration experience.
- Strong communication, analytical, problem-solving, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Candidates who can join within 30 days maximum are preferred.
