Job description

The Senior Database Administrator role is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, within a fast-growing, product-led design and technology agency operating in enterprise and government environments. The position is responsible for end-to-end administration, governance, and optimization of Oracle Database platforms, including Oracle 11g, 12c, and 19c, supporting mission-critical systems with high transaction volumes and stringent availability requirements. The role covers advanced Oracle architecture management, SQL and PL/SQL development, high availability and disaster recovery using Oracle RAC and Oracle Data Guard, performance tuning using AWR and ADDM, security implementation, and compliance with ISO 27001 and ISR requirements. The Senior Database Administrator takes ownership of databases previously managed by external vendors, establishes governance standards, manages patching, upgrades, migrations, capacity planning, and supports 24/7 production environments. The role also involves coordination with vendors, compliance audits, structured change management, and operating across development, UAT, and production environments while ensuring uptime targets of 99.9% or higher.