Senior Database Administrator – On‑site in Dubai

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Senior Database Administrator to join our team in Dubai on‑site. You will be responsible for the health, performance and security of our enterprise database estate, supporting critical government and regulated data environments.

Key responsibilities

• Administer approved database platforms, instances, storage, jobs, configurations and access controls.
• Monitor database health, performance, capacity, availability and high‑availability components.
• Diagnose incidents, failed jobs, performance degradation and data‑platform dependencies.
• Manage backup, recovery, maintenance, patching and upgrade activities in coordination with other teams.
• Support database security, privileged access, audit logging and periodic access reviews.

Required profile

• Minimum 6 years of enterprise database administration experience.
• Strong experience with Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL or MongoDB.
• Demonstrable skills in performance tuning, backup/recovery, high availability, security and capacity management.
• Previous experience supporting UAE government or regulated data environments.

Required skills

• Oracle
• Microsoft SQL Server
• PostgreSQL
• MongoDB