Senior Database Administrator - Dubai "On Site "

BlackStone eIT
Dubai
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceExperience: 6+ yearsSkills: ["Incident diagnosis","Performance tuning","Security and compliance mindset","Capacity planning"]

Administer approved enterprise database platforms, including instances, storage, jobs, configurations, and access controls. Monitor database health, performance, capacity, availability, and replication/high-availability, and diagnose incidents and performance degradation. Lead controlled backup/recovery, maintenance, patching, and upgrades with coordination across teams. Ensure database security with privileged access, audit logging, and access reviews, while maintaining runbooks, inventories, and documentation. Support releases, integrations, reporting, and UAT in a controlled manner.

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BlackStone eIT
BlackStone eIT
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Senior Database Administrator - Dubai "On Site "

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Job Summary

Administer approved enterprise database platforms, including instances, storage, jobs, configurations, and access controls. Monitor database health, performance, capacity, availability, and replication/high-availability, and diagnose incidents and performance degradation. Lead controlled backup/recovery, maintenance, patching, and upgrades with coordination across teams. Ensure database security with privileged access, audit logging, and access reviews, while maintaining runbooks, inventories, and documentation. Support releases, integrations, reporting, and UAT in a controlled manner.
Location: Dubai
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •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.
  • •Maintain database security with privileged access, audit logging, access reviews, and documentation including inventories and recovery runbooks.

Key Requirements

  • •6+ years of enterprise database administration experience.
  • •Strong experience with Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or MongoDB, and ability to support the confirmed environment.
  • •Demonstrable skills in performance tuning, backup/recovery, high availability, security, and capacity management.
  • •Oracle OCP or Microsoft database certification (or equivalent) preferred.
  • •Experience supporting UAE government or regulated data environments, including TDRA-hosted environments and access processes.
Experience:6+ yearsEnterprise database administrationHigh availabilityBackup and recoveryUAE government
Skills:Incident diagnosisPerformance tuningSecurity and compliance mindsetCapacity planning
Certifications:Oracle OCPMicrosoft database certification
Tech Stack:OracleMicrosoft SQL ServerPostgreSQLMongoDBTDRA

Company Brief

BlackStone eIT
Provides IT consulting and managed services including cloud migration, cybersecurity, and infrastructure support for small and medium-sized businesses, focusing on customized enterprise IT solutions to improve reliability and operational efficiency.
Industry: Consulting
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