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

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Location: Dubai, UAE
Type: full_time · Level: senior
Monthly salary: AED 32,000 to 55,000 per month (estimated, not employer-stated) (UAE salaries are tax-free)
Posted: 2026-07-23
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## Description

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.
• Support database security, privileged access, audit logging and periodic access reviews.
• Maintain database inventories, configuration baselines, procedures, diagrams and recovery runbooks.
• Provide controlled support to application releases, integrations, reporting and UAT activities.
• Document root causes, risks and recommendations; material changes remain subject to approval.

## Requirements

• Minimum 6 years of enterprise database administration experience. 
• Strong experience in one or more of Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL or MongoDB, with the 
ability to support the confirmed estate. 
• Demonstrable skills in performance tuning, backup/recovery, high availability, security and capacity 
management. 
• Oracle OCP, Microsoft database certification or equivalent preferred. 
• Strong understanding of production controls, segregation of duties and auditable change management. 
• Previous experience supporting UAE government or regulated data environments. 
• Working knowledge of TDRA-hosted database environments and access processes. 
• Experience supporting hybrid and highly available database platforms. 
• Database availability, backup and performance are managed against the confirmed baseline. 
• Privileged access and changes remain controlled and auditable. 
• Capacity and recoverability risks are identified and escalated early. 
• Production support is coordinated without unapproved changes to business data.

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