Senior Database Administrator

Job description / Role

Responsibilities

- Contribute to the design and implementation of Statistical Database and Data Warehouse policies and procedures covering all areas of activity
- Supervise day-to-day activities to ensure compliance with stipulated policies and procedures
- Identify opportunities for continuous improvement of systems and processes taking into account leading practices, changes in business environment, cost reduction and productivity improvement
- Establish working relationships with relevant internal and external stakeholders
- Collect feedback from internal and external stakeholders on issues being faced and other requirements
- Contribute to the preparation of progress reports directed to all relevant stakeholders to keep them informed of progress
- Actively gain exposure and insights to local market development, business opportunities and the existing regulatory landscape
- Actively participate in on-the-job training, mentoring and coaching of subordinates
- Provide clear direction, prioritize tasks, assign and delegate responsibility and monitor the workflow
- Promote a high-performance working environment embracing the organization's values
- Oversee the configuration of database servers, processes, and parameters (i.e., names, IDs, passwords, etc.), and provide support as needed
- Evaluate the ability to monetize captured and stored data by different functions as and when needed
- Oversee regular performance / quality analysis and error-detection of database servers and evaluate system health and performance
- Identify database scaling needs and oversee implementation to ensure accommodation of increasing amounts of data while maintaining high performance
- Oversee database migration and replication, and ensure consistency and synchronization across databases
- Ensure proper data safeguarding against technological change, physical media degradation, and data corruption
- Perform data integrity checks (i.e., periodic checks providing assurance about the accuracy and consistency of database servers)
- Monitor access rights administration to ensure compliance with data privacy policies and guidelines
- Oversee data extraction upon request and recommend improvements or opportunities for process automation
- Monitor the maintenance and implementation of security patches, data security policies, and procedures as defined by Cybersecurity and Data Governance function to ensure safety and integrity of information

Qualifications

- 6+ years of experience in a Database Administration field
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology / Engineer / Computer Science or equivalent is required
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.

About the Company

The Professionals is a Saudi leading Consulting firm that was established in 2015 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Since 2015 until now, we’ve become a successful partner in delivering unique consulting services to our partners who operate in different industries and sectors.

We always combine our service offerings by adopting global best practices with local in-depth understanding and delivering it with a passion to exceed our partners’ expectations to achieve their business objectives.