Database Administrator Senior Specialist

The Database Administrator Senior Specialist is responsible for the administration, availability, performance, security, integrity, backup, recovery, and lifecycle management of SAR’s enterprise database platforms, primarily Responsibilities: • The role ensures that databases supporting SAR’s critical business and operational applications remain secure, highly available, recoverable, and optimized in accordance with SAR IT standards, cybersecurity requirements, business continuity requirements, and applicable regulatory requirements. • The position works closely with Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Application, Project Management, and business teams, as well as technology vendors, to support production services, projects, upgrades, disaster recovery activities, and continuous service improvement. • Administer, maintain, monitor, and support Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server database environments across production, disaster recovery, testing, development, and other non-production environments. • Design and maintain highly available and resilient database environments to meet agreed business availability, performance, RTO and RPO requirements. • Install, configure, upgrade, patch, migrate, and maintain Oracle and SQL Server database platforms in accordance with SAR standards and approved change management procedures. • Manage Oracle RAC, Data Guard, RMAN, and other Oracle database technologies used for high availability, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery. • Manage Microsoft SQL Server high-availability and disaster recovery technologies, including Always On Availability Groups, Failover Clustering, backup, restore, and replication, where applicable. • Monitor database availability, capacity, utilization, sessions, queries, storage, and overall performance and proactively address potential issues before they impact business services. • Identify database performance bottlenecks and perform SQL, query, indexing, memory, storage, and database parameter tuning to ensure optimum application performance. • Develop, implement, monitor, and regularly test database backup and recovery procedures to ensure the recoverability and integrity of critical business data. • Participate in SAR Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCP/DR) planning, testing, failover, failback, and recovery exercises and ensure database recovery procedures are documented and regularly validated. • Perform database creation, configuration, cloning, copying, refreshes, migrations, upgrades, and decommissioning in accordance with approved operational procedures. • Manage database user accounts, roles, privileges, and access permissions based on the principle of least privilege and approved access management processes. • Implement and maintain database security controls, including authentication, authorization, auditing, encryption, vulnerability remediation, and security hardening in coordination with the Cybersecurity team. • Ensure database platforms comply with SAR IT policies, cybersecurity requirements, data protection requirements, and applicable national regulatory requirements. • Review database vulnerabilities and security findings and coordinate remediation, patching, configuration changes, and risk treatment within agreed timelines. Qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline. A master’s degree is an advantage. • Minimum 6 years of relevant hands-on database administration experience, preferably within large-scale enterprise or mission-critical environments

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline. A master’s degree is an advantage. Minimum 6 years of relevant hands-on database administration experience, preferably within large-scale enterprise or mission-critical environments.

The Database Administrator Senior Specialist is responsible for the administration, availability, performance, security, integrity, backup, recovery, and lifecycle management of SAR’s enterprise database platforms. Ensure databases supporting SAR’s critical business and operational applications remain secure, highly available, recoverable, and optimized in accordance with SAR IT standards, cybersecurity requirements, business continuity requirements, and applicable regulatory requirements. Work with Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Application, Project Management, and business teams, as well as technology vendors, to support production services, projects, upgrades, disaster recovery activities, and continuous service improvement. Administer, maintain, monitor, and support Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server database environments across production, disaster recovery, testing, development, and other non-production environments. Design and maintain highly available and resilient database environments to meet agreed business availability, performance, RTO and RPO requirements. Install, configure, upgrade, patch, migrate, and maintain Oracle and SQL Server database platforms in accordance with SAR standards and approved change management procedures. Manage Oracle RAC, Data Guard, RMAN, and other Oracle database technologies used for high availability, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery. Manage Microsoft SQL Server high-availability and disaster recovery technologies, including Always On Availability Groups, Failover Clustering, backup, restore, and replication, where applicable. Monitor database availability, capacity, utilization, sessions, queries, storage, and overall performance and proactively address potential issues before they impact business services. Identify database performance bottlenecks and perform SQL, query, indexing, memory, storage, and database parameter tuning to ensure optimum application performance. Develop, implement, monitor, and regularly test database backup and recovery procedures to ensure the recoverability and integrity of critical business data. Participate in SAR Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery planning, testing, failover, failback, and recovery exercises and ensure database recovery procedures are documented and regularly validated. Perform database creation, configuration, cloning, copying, refreshes, migrations, upgrades, and decommissioning in accordance with approved operational procedures. Manage database user accounts, roles, privileges, and access permissions based on the principle of least privilege and approved access management processes. Implement and maintain database security controls, including authentication, authorization, auditing, encryption, vulnerability remediation, and security hardening in coordination with the Cybersecurity team. Ensure database platforms comply with SAR IT policies, cybersecurity requirements, data protection requirements, and applicable national regulatory requirements. Review database vulnerabilities and security findings and coordinate remediation, patching, configuration changes, and risk treatment within agreed timelines.