Senior Database Administrator

apartmentSalt placeDubai calendar_month 

Job Description

My client is one of the fastest growing agencies in the Middle East. A cross-cultural product-led growth design agency.

Role: Senior Database Administrator (DBA)

Technical Skills - Mandatory

Oracle Database Core:

  • Deep expertise in Oracle Database 11g/12c/19c administration
  • Advanced knowledge of Oracle Architecture (SGA, PGA, Background Processes)
  • Expert-level SQL and PL/SQL programming

High Availability & Disaster Recovery:

  • Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) - configuration and administration
  • Oracle Data Guard - Physical and Logical Standby

Performance Management:

  • Performance Tuning - SQL tuning, instance tuning, database tuning
  • AWR (Automatic Workload Repository) analysis
  • ADDM (Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor) interpretation

Security & Access Control:

  • Database security implementation and auditing
  • User and privilege management (roles, profiles, privileges)
  • Database Vault (preferred)

Database Operations:

  • Patch management and upgrade procedures
  • Database migration (version upgrades, platform migrations)
Technical Skills - Preferred
  • Experience with Oracle Exadata or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
  • Knowledge of Oracle GoldenGate for replication
  • Familiarity with Oracle ASM (Automatic Storage Management)
Domain Knowledge
  • Understanding of real estate domain and land department operations (preferred)
  • Knowledge of government IT policies and procedures in UAE (preferred)
  • Familiarity with ISO 27001 and ISR compliance requirements
Specific Experience Requirements for This Role
  • Experience taking over database management from external vendors
  • Proven track record of database governance and establishing standards
Educational Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or related field
  • Master's degree (preferred but not mandatory)
Professional Experience
  • Minimum 7 years of hands-on Oracle database administration experience
  • At least 3 years managing production databases in enterprise or government environments
  • Experience with mission-critical systems handling high transaction volumes (5,000+ daily transactions)
  • Experience managing multiple database environments (Development, UAT, Production)
  • Experience in 24/7 production support and on-call duties
Mandatory Certifications
  • Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) - Database Administrator (11g, 12c, or 19c)
  • OR Oracle Certified Expert (OCE)

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