Senior Database Administrator

Administer approved database platforms, instances, storage, jobs, configurations and access controls.
Monitor database health, performance, capacity, availability and replication/high-availability components.
Diagnose incidents, blocking, failed jobs, performance degradation and data-platform dependencies.
Manage approved backup, recovery, maintenance, patching and upgrade activities in coordination with other teams.
Support database security, privileged access, audit logging and periodic access reviews.
Maintain database inventories, configuration baselines, procedures, diagrams and recovery runbooks.
Provide controlled support to application releases, integrations, reporting and UAT activities.
Document root causes, risks and recommendations; material changes remain subject to approval.

Minimum 6 years of enterprise database administration experience.
Strong experience in one or more of Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL or MongoDB, with the ability to support the confirmed estate.
Demonstrable skills in performance tuning, backup/recovery, high availability, security and capacity management.
Oracle OCP, Microsoft database certification or equivalent preferred.
Strong understanding of production controls, segregation of duties and auditable change management.
Previous experience supporting UAE government or regulated data environments.
Working knowledge of TDRA-hosted database environments and access processes.
Experience supporting hybrid and highly available database platforms.
Database availability, backup and performance are managed against the confirmed baseline.
Privileged access and changes remain controlled and auditable.
Capacity and recoverability risks are identified and escalated early.
Production support is coordinated without unapproved changes to business data.

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