Lead SQL & Oracle DB Engineer
DXC Technology
Date: 2 hours ago
City: Riyadh
Contract type: Full time

Job Description
Essential Job Functions:
Recruitment fraud is a scheme in which fictitious job opportunities are offered to job seekers typically through online services, such as false websites, or through unsolicited emails claiming to be from the company. These emails may request recipients to provide personal information or to make payments as part of their illegitimate recruiting process. DXC does not make offers of employment via social media networks and DXC never asks for any money or payments from applicants at any point in the recruitment process, nor ask a job seeker to purchase IT or other equipment on our behalf. More information on employment scams is available here.
Essential Job Functions:
- Serve as SME (subject matter expert) for Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL and other database technologies
- Responsible for database backup and restore functions including scheduled tests of DR availability, including knowledge of MS SQL restoration and availability technologies such as Clustering, Replication and especially Always-On
- MS SQL production database level performance tuning
- Participates in SQL code-reviews for the application teams to enforce SQL coding standards
- Builds and reports on SQL environment performance and availability metrics and takes appropriate actions to implement best practices and optimize performance
- Assist in the technical analysis and design for current and future projects
- Writes appropriate SQL scripts to extract data efficiently and in a timely manner
- Install database software on servers as needed
- Monitor databases for performance and issues using monitoring tools
- Ensure all database servers are managed to Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) and Recovery Time Objectives (RTO)
- Architect and maintain Oracle RAC, Data Guard, ASM, and backup/restore strategies
- Lead performance tuning, patch management, and complex incident resolution
- Manage Oracle database lifecycle: provisioning, migration, upgrades
- Ensure high availability and replication readiness across DCs
- Implement automation for routine tasks using Ansible or PL/SQL scripting
- Ensure NCA and NDMO compliance, secure data handling, and auditing
- Mentor L2 Oracle engineers and interface with solution architects
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Typically, 6+ years of relevant work experience in industry, with a minimum of 2+ years in a similar role
- Advanced skills in Oracle 19c+, RAC, Data Guard, RMAN, OEM
- Expertise in SQL optimization and schema tuning
- Experience in hybrid cloud database setups
- Knowledge of Ansible or Terraform for automation
- Strong knowledge of industry-standard database management practices and methodologies
- An advanced degree in a relevant field is a plus
- Oracle Certified Professional (OCP)
- Professional certification in database administration
Recruitment fraud is a scheme in which fictitious job opportunities are offered to job seekers typically through online services, such as false websites, or through unsolicited emails claiming to be from the company. These emails may request recipients to provide personal information or to make payments as part of their illegitimate recruiting process. DXC does not make offers of employment via social media networks and DXC never asks for any money or payments from applicants at any point in the recruitment process, nor ask a job seeker to purchase IT or other equipment on our behalf. More information on employment scams is available here.
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