Senior Database Administrator
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BAE Systems seeks a Senior Database Administrator (Saudi National Only) to lead installation, configuration, and migration of complex database environments. The role involves architecting high-availability solutions, performance tuning, data security, and backup/recovery.
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Responsibilities
- Lead the installation, configuration, and migration of complex database environments, ensuring all systems are patched and updated
- Architect and manage disaster recovery (DR) and high availability (HA) solutions (e.g., Oracle Data Guard, SQL Always On) to ensure 24/7 data access
- Proactively monitor and tune database instances; optimize PL/SQL and T SQL code, procedures, and triggers to eliminate bottlenecks
- Define and enforce rigorous database security protocols, including encryption at rest/transit, advanced access controls, and regular security audits
- Design and validate comprehensive backup strategies, performing regular recovery drills to guarantee zero data loss
- Translate business requirements into efficient logical and physical database designs, ensuring data integrity and scalability
- Forecast storage and resource requirements to ensure the infrastructure can support future data growth
- Collaborate with developers and system admins to troubleshoot database connectivity and integration issues
- Ensure all database activities meet organizational compliance standards and provide detailed reports on database health and security posture
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field
- 5 years of professional experience in enterprise Database Administration (DBA)
- Advanced proficiency in administering, clustering, and upgrading Oracle and MS SQL Server
- Expert knowledge of backup/recovery strategies (e.g., RMAN), data modeling, and performance tuning
- Professional certifications such as Oracle Certified Professional or Microsoft Azure Database Administrator are highly desirable
- Saudi National only
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Job Overview
- Saudi National Only
- Grade: 5
- Location: Riyadh
- Advert closing: 22/06/2026
Responsibilities
- Lifecycle Management: Lead the installation, configuration, and migration of complex database environments, ensuring all systems are patched and updated to the latest stable versions.
- High Availability: Architect and manage disaster recovery (DR) and high availability (HA) solutions (e.g., Oracle Data Guard, SQL Always On) to ensure 24/7 data access.
- Performance Engineering: Proactively monitor and tune database instances; optimize PL/SQL and T SQL code, procedures, and triggers to eliminate bottlenecks.
- Data Security: Define and enforce rigorous database security protocols, including encryption at rest/transit, advanced access controls, and regular security audits.
- Backup & Recovery: Design and validate comprehensive backup strategies, performing regular recovery drills to guarantee zero data loss in the event of hardware or system failure.
- Data Modeling: Translate business requirements into efficient logical and physical database designs, ensuring data integrity and scalability.
- Capacity Planning: Forecast storage and resource requirements to ensure the infrastructure can support future data growth.
- Cross Functional Support: Collaborate with developers and system admins to troubleshoot database connectivity and integration issues without overstepping into network or OS management.
- Compliance & Reporting: Ensure all database activities meet organizational compliance standards and provide detailed reports on database health and security posture.
Job Requirements
- Education: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
- Experience: 5 years of professional experience in enterprise Database Administration (DBA).
- Certifications: Professional certifications such as (Oracle Certified Professional or Microsoft Azure Database Administrator) are highly desirable.
- Platform Expertise: Advanced proficiency in administering, clustering, and upgrading modern platforms, specifically Oracle and MS SQL Server.
- Technical Depth: Expert knowledge of backup/recovery strategies (e.g., RMAN), data modeling, and performance tuning at the instance and query levels.
For Internal Employee
- All Candidates must inform their current Line Manager that they are applying for this job.
- Employees who started in their current role within the last six months are not eligible to apply for Company vacancies of the same grade.
- Employees who started in their current role within the last two years are not eligible to apply for Company vacancies where the vacancy is at a higher grade.
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