Database Administrator (DBA)

Description

Summary: Responsible for designing, implementing, maintaining, and securing an organization's databases to ensure high availability, integrity, and optimal performance. Highlights: 1. Opportunity to manage and optimize diverse database systems. 2. Engage in critical performance tuning, backup, and security strategies. 3. Collaborate with development teams and mentor junior DBAs. **Database Administrator (DBA) — Job Description** **Summary** * Responsible for the design, implementation, maintenance, performance, and security of an organization’s databases to ensure high availability, integrity, and optimal performance. **Core responsibilities** * Database administration: Install, configure, upgrade, and maintain database servers (e.g., Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB). * Performance tuning: Monitor and optimize database performance (queries, indexing, storage, configuration); perform capacity planning. * Backup \& recovery: Design and manage backup, restore, and disaster recovery strategies; test failover procedures. * High availability \& replication: Implement and manage HA solutions (clustering, replication, log shipping) and ensure minimal downtime. * Security \& compliance: Manage database security (roles, permissions, encryption), audit access, and ensure compliance with regulations and policies. * Data integrity \& maintenance: Maintain schema design, data modeling, referential integrity, partitioning, and routine maintenance (rebuilds, statistics, vacuuming). * Monitoring \& alerting: Configure monitoring, alerts, and automated remediation for database health, storage, and performance. * Automation \& scripting: Develop scripts and automation for deployments, maintenance tasks, and routine housekeeping (Bash, PowerShell, Python). * Patch management: Apply patches and upgrades with minimal disruption; coordinate maintenance windows. * Troubleshooting \& support: Diagnose and resolve incidents, work with developers/ops on root cause, and provide database expertise for applications and projects. * Capacity \& cost management: Track resource usage, forecast growth, and optimize costs (cloud resources, licensing). * Documentation \& standards: Maintain runbooks, runbooks, runbooks; develop and enforce database standards and best practices. * Mentorship \& collaboration: Advise development teams on query design, schema changes, and deployment best practices; mentor junior DBAs. **Typical duties (day\-to\-day)** * Monitor database performance and alerts; investigate anomalies. * Review and apply patches, security updates, and configuration changes. * Respond to incidents, run diagnostics, and implement fixes or workarounds. * Perform backups, restores, and periodic DR tests. * Tune slow queries and work with developers on indexing and schema improvements. * Provision new database instances and manage access controls. * Run capacity planning and storage reclamation tasks. * Update documentation, change logs, and maintenance schedules. * Participate in on\-call rotations and post\-incident reviews. * Support database\-related deployments and migrations (on\-prem → cloud, version upgrades). **Required qualifications** * Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience). * Experience: 3–5\+ years DBA experience; senior roles often require 5–8\+ years. * Technical skills: Strong experience with one or more RDBMS (e.g., Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL) and familiarity with NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra) where relevant. * Tools \& platforms: Experience with backup tools, monitoring systems (Prometheus, Datadog, SolarWinds), automation/configuration management (Ansible, Terraform), and cloud databases (RDS, Aurora, Azure SQL, Cloud Spanner). * Languages: Proficient in SQL and comfortable scripting in Bash, PowerShell, or Python. * Knowledge: Storage systems, OS tuning (Linux/Windows), networking basics, and database internals (locking, transactions, indexing). * Certifications (optional): Oracle OCP, Microsoft MCSA/MCSE, AWS/Azure/GCP database certifications, or PostgreSQL certifications. * Soft skills: Strong problem\-solving, communication, and ability to work under pressure. **Preferred attributes** * Experience with database architecture design, sharding, and multi\-region deployments. * Familiarity with CI/CD for database changes and schema migration tools (Flyway, Liquibase). * Experience optimizing cloud cost and using managed services. * Strong mentoring and cross\-functional collaboration skills. Job Types: Full\-time, Permanent Pay: QAR84\.23 \- QAR145\.23 per hour Work Location: In person