Senior Database Administrator

About Al Etihad Payments

Role overview

Database architecture and leadership

• Define architecture, standards, and best practices across Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB.
• Handle escalated complex incidents, performance issues, and root-cause analysis; lead, mentor, and assign work to the DBA team and review its changes and designs.
• Evaluate technologies and contribute to the technology roadmap.

Availability, performance, and projects

• Design and govern high-availability and disaster-recovery solutions, including Oracle RAC, Data Guard, GoldenGate, and replication for open-source databases.
• Lead performance tuning, capacity planning, and growth forecasting; own backup and recovery strategy and lead disaster-recovery drills.
• Plan and lead major upgrades, migrations, consolidations, and cloud database adoption.
• Coordinate with application and architecture teams on data models, schema design, and deployment practices; review and approve database changes.

Security and compliance

• Define database security standards for hardening, encryption, auditing, and privileged access.
• Oversee integration with DAM, PAM, and vulnerability-management platforms.
• Represent the database function in PCI DSS, ISO 27001, and audits; own remediation of findings and maintain policies, documentation, and runbooks.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 10+ years of database administration experience, including at least 7 years on Oracle in large production environments and at least 2 years in a senior or lead role.
• OCP certification is required; OCM is a strong advantage. MySQL, PostgreSQL, or MongoDB certifications are preferred.
• Banking, payments, or other highly regulated environment experience is highly preferred.

Required technical and leadership skills

• Expert Oracle administration covering RAC, ASM, Data Guard, GoldenGate, RMAN, OEM, and Exadata.
• Hands-on MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB administration, replication, and clustering.
• Advanced SQL and PL/SQL tuning and troubleshooting; database security, encryption, and audit design.
• Cloud database services such as Azure SQL, Amazon RDS, and Oracle Cloud, plus scripting automation.
• Leadership, mentoring, stakeholder management, and strong communication skills.

Benefits and work environment

• The employer describes a flexible modern work environment and a collaborative team.
• Compensation package includes an annual bonus and additional benefits such as child educational allowance and annual flight tickets where eligible.
• Comprehensive health insurance coverage is provided.