Database Administrator (Saudi National)

Tandem Search

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Ref: KP709-2287

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Our exclusive and esteemed client who has steadily grown to be the biggest bank and leading financial institution in the Middle East and North Africa Region with a market share around 45% of banking sector assets is looking to hire a manager trade finance operations.

Job Purpose Summary:
The incumbent is primarily responsible of heading the implementation and building of the database infrastructure in order to facilitate database design, organization and maintenance.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities by Dimensions:

Shareholder & Financial:
- Ensure the performance of necessary database administration to support all business units operations and further the Country’s strategy.

Customer (Internal & External):
- Maintain relations with vendors through their support center for problem resolution and work scheduling.
- Build and maintain strong and effective relationship with all other related departments and units to achieve the Country’s goals/ objectives.
- Provide timely and accurate information to the external and internal auditors and the Compliance function as and when required.

Internal (Processes, Products, Regulatory):
- Prepare and design the enterprise database and document standards for systems development.
- Maintain and tune existing relational databases, under the direction of the Head of In-house Systems.
- Analyze and implement user and systems development requirements for changes in databases and applications.
- Simulate contingency plans and perform testing and upgrades of database engine versions.
- Move approved systems and changes to production and build validation and audit triggers.
- Maintain and update the database dictionary for the Country’s systems.
- Prepare and maintain change management procedures for systems utilizing the databases.
- Ensure implementation of timely and effective backup and recovery procedures for databases, in accordance with the overall contingency policy of the Country.
- Ensure protection and security of database from any unauthorized access within the overall security policy of the Country.
- Resize database and install database engines on servers as per the overall policy of the Country.
- Research and recommend expansions or upgrades in related systems hardware and sizing needs.
- Carry out a high degree of planning and monitoring to ensure best level of service and maintenance of security and contingency controls.
- Assist in simulation of contingency plans.
- Lead the testing and upgrades of database engine versions.
- Move approved systems and changes to production.
- Report to the Head of In-house Systems for approvals of work and prioritization of projects on hand and for any other database transactions that would impact capital or operating expenditures.

Learning & Knowledge:
- Train the Database Administrator on database standards and administration.
- Participate in meetings which add value by discussing progress, problems, and any other issues of concern.
- Posses a high technical knowledge in operating systems and database engines, tools, and systems architecture to resolve any business disruption or inconvenience to the users that may critically impact the Country.
- Understand system internals, architecture and limitations in deciding on methods of problem solving which may impact overall resource availability and time to deliver.
- Identify areas for professional development of self and act to enhance professional development.

Other:
- Ensure high standards of confidentiality to safeguard commercially sensitive information.

Requirements

Education/Experience Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science.
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience preferably in financial services with a specialization in Relational Databases Design, Implementation, and Maintenance relevant to the environment (Oracle, Informix, DB2,SQL Server, Sybase).
- Training courses and certification in operating systems, relational databases, and applications support.

Required Special Skills:
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in both English and Arabic (preferable).
- Strong analytical, problem solving, decision-making and financial management skills.
- Self-driven with well-developed leadership, motivational and team-building skills.
- Understanding of linkages driving profit.
- Good interpersonal skills.

Operating Environment/ Location:
- The referenced position will be based in Country Country and will involve liaison with the support functions at HO.
- Located in the banks Country headquarters with periodic visits to branches and subsidiaries, if and when required.

Framework and Boundaries:
- Country’s overall strategic plan.
- Budgetary/ scorecard targets.
- Applicable policies and procedures.
- Relevant regulatory pronouncements of the applicable local and international regulators and related best practices.
- Delegated authorities as per the delegation of authorities structure.
- Instructions of the Head of Inhouse Systems, Head of Systems Support.
- 24 hours based support and oncall.

Communications and Working Relationships:
- Divisional and departmental officers of Information Technology and all other related divisional/ departmental officers.

About the Company

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