Database Engineer

Key Responsibilities:

- Deployment, configuration, monitoring, and maintenance of relational and non-relational databases.

- Ensure high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) capabilities.

- Perform regular performance tuning and SQL optimization.

- Conduct patching and upgrades in accordance with change management procedures

- Enforce database security configurations, encryption (at rest/in transit), and access controls.

- Manage database roles, privileges, and authentication mechanisms.

- Support internal and regulatory audits, ensuring compliance with SAMA and PCI-DSS requirements.

- Apply data masking, anonymization, and secure handling in non-production environments.

- Define and maintain automated backup and recovery strategies.

- Regularly test backup integrity and validate recovery procedures.

- Document and monitor RTO (Recovery Time Objective) and RPO (Recovery Point Objective) compliance.

- Implement database health and performance monitoring using approved tools.

- Set up alerts for key thresholds (e.g., CPU, IOPS, storage, errors).

- Investigate and resolve database incidents in coordination with IT Operations.

- Analyze historical growth trends to forecast capacity and resource needs.

- Optimize database performance through indexing, partitioning, and archiving strategies.

- Recommend cost-efficient infrastructure changes for scalability.

- Collaborate with developers and architects on database schema design and tuning.

- Provide database support for system integration, UAT, and deployment cycles.

- Ensure database changes align with security, performance, and compliance requirements.

- Maintain up-to-date DR configurations and replication strategies.

- Conduct regular DR drills and ensure alignment with Business Continuity Planning.

- Document DR procedures and ensure audit readiness.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: ﷼12,000.00 - ﷼20,000.00 per month