Senior Database Engineer- Riyadh, KSA
About this role
WE are looking for a highly experienced Senior MS SQL & Oracle Database Engineer to manage and support critical database infrastructure within a banking environment.
The ideal candidate must have strong banking experience and extensive hands-on expertise in Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle databases, including on-premises clustering, replication, Disaster Recovery (DR), advanced troubleshooting, and SQL query performance tuning.
Key Responsibilities- Administer and support MS SQL Server and Oracle databases in a critical banking environment.
- Manage and maintain on-premises MS SQL and Oracle database clusters.
- Configure and support database clustering, replication, and DR environments.
- Support database replication between primary production environments and DR sites.
- Troubleshoot complex database availability, performance, and connectivity issues.
- Perform advanced troubleshooting and fine-tuning of MS SQL queries.
- Analyze query execution and identify performance bottlenecks.
- Ensure database environments maintain high availability and operational reliability.
- Support database-related incidents and perform root-cause analysis.
- Work closely with infrastructure, application, network, and other technical teams to resolve database issues.
- Support database maintenance and operational activities in accordance with banking requirements.
- Banking experience – Mandatory.
- 10+ years of total IT experience.
- Minimum 7 years of hands-on experience with MS SQL Database and Oracle.
- Strong hands-on experience with MS SQL clustering in on-premises environments.
- Strong hands-on experience with Oracle clustering in on-premises environments.
- Hands-on experience with MS SQL and Oracle replication.
- Hands-on experience supporting DR sites and database replication/DR environments.
- Advanced troubleshooting and MS SQL query performance tuning experience.
Company at a glance
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