Job summary
SOOR (a Master-Works subsidiary) in Riyadh seeks a Senior Database Administrator to manage and secure database environments. The role covers encryption, performance tuning, backups, high availability and ensuring cybersecurity and regulatory compliance.
Key responsibilities
- Assess existing database environments to find security gaps and improvements.
- Install, configure, administer, and maintain enterprise database platforms.
- Implement and manage database encryption for data at rest and in transit.
- Ensure database configurations comply with NCA and organizational security policies.
- Monitor performance, availability, and security of database systems.
- Perform upgrades, patching, migrations and version management.
- Manage backup, recovery, replication, disaster recovery and HA solutions.
- Develop technical documentation, SOPs and security implementation guides.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Information Systems or related field.
- Minimum 3 years hands-on experience as a Database Administrator.
- Hands-on experience with database encryption such as TDE or equivalent.
- Strong knowledge of database security, access control and encryption best practices.
- Experience with backup, recovery, replication, clustering and HA architectures.
- Excellent troubleshooting, analytical and performance tuning skills.
- Strong documentation and communication skills.
Skills
Database AdministrationTransparent Data Encryption (TDE)Backup & RecoveryHigh AvailabilityPerformance TuningReplicationDatabase SecurityTroubleshootingDocumentationAccess Control
Source: Workable. Last checked as open: 14 Nov 2026. You apply directly with the employer.
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