Senior Application Database Designer
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Role Overview
The role designs, implements, and optimizes database architectures that support software applications.
The designer translates business requirements into logical and physical data models covering tables, relationships, constraints, and indexes.
The role collaborates with software engineers on application integration, performance resolution, and security controls for persistent data.
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About the Company
SWORD Group provides IT software solutions and services through specialists across more than five continents.
The company operates in the MEA region through offices in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Lebanon, and Cyprus.
SWORD focuses on software solutions, complex IT and business project management, process automation, and business data optimization.
About the Role
The role designs, implements, and optimizes database architectures that support software applications.
The designer translates business requirements into logical and physical data models covering tables, relationships, constraints, and indexes.
The role collaborates with software engineers on application integration, performance resolution, and security controls for persistent data.
Key Responsibilities
- Apply data modeling, schema design, normalization, indexing, and query optimization across PostgreSQL, MSSQL, Oracle, and Redis.
- Collaborate with solution architects, DBAs, developers, and business analysts to create efficient, scalable, and maintainable database structures.
- Create logical and physical DDL for system enhancements in relational database environments.
- Support ETL, webMethods data integration, and database performance tuning.
- Support migration and modernization from on-premises databases to cloud platforms.
- Work with development, DevOps, and infrastructure teams in cloud and hybrid environments.
- Enforce governance, security hardening, access control, encryption, and auditing.
- Support presales, readiness assessments, and architectural discussions.
- Architect and execute legacy database migrations, including plans, strategies, scripts, execution, and data validation.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- At least 10 years of hands-on database design experience with increasing responsibility.
- Expert Microsoft SQL Server knowledge and strong understanding of at least one other major RDBMS.
- Experience with backup and recovery, HA/DR design, replication, database security, access control, and compliance.
- Ability to manage complex, highly integrated database environments with high transaction volumes.
- Strong communication and leadership skills with the ability to mentor and lead technical teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Certifications in AWS, Azure, GCP, or Microsoft database services are preferred.
- DevOps or SRE experience with database integration into CI/CD pipelines is preferred.
- Python, PowerShell, Shell, or similar scripting and automation experience is preferred.
- Knowledge of GDPR, HIPAA, NCA, SAMA, ISO 27001, or similar compliance frameworks is preferred.
Why Work With Us
- Opportunity to work on enterprise-scale projects.
- Dynamic and supportive environment focused on employee wellness.
- International exposure and multicultural experience.
- Opportunity to learn from a diversified global team of experts.
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