Senior Database Administrator (Fan-ID Platform)

Talent Blueprint FZ LLC


Date: 5 hours ago
City: Riyadh
Contract type: Contractor
Contract Duration: 3 Months (with possibility of extension)
Work Mode: Onsite
Location: Riyadh
Joining: ASAP
Nationality Preference: Saudi National preferred
Role Overview

We are seeking a Senior Database Administrator to lead database administration and data-layer operations for the Fan-ID platform. This role is critical to ensuring secure, highly available, and scalable databases that support complex integrations, real-time workloads, and peak traffic during live events.


You will play a key role in defining database architecture standards, managing multi-environment and multi-region deployments, and ensuring data reliability across mobile, web, backend, CRM, and third-party systems.



Key Responsibilities


  • Own database administration and data-layer operations for the Fan-ID platform, including CRM, Azure, and multiple database technologies




  • Design, implement, and maintain relational and non-relational databases supporting Fan-ID applications




  • Ensure databases are secure, highly available, scalable, and capable of handling high-traffic live event workloads




  • Define and contribute to database architecture standards and best practices




  • Design and maintain logical and physical data models




  • Support multi-environment and multi-region database strategies when required




  • Support databases used by:




    • Mobile and web applications




    • Backend and integration services




    • CRM, CMS, and third-party systems






  • Optimize database performance through:




    • Query tuning and indexing




    • Execution plan analysis




    • Data model optimization






  • Design and manage:




    • High Availability (HA) configurations




    • Replication and failover strategies




    • Backup, restore, and Disaster Recovery (DR) plans






  • Implement and enforce database security best practices




  • Collaborate closely with application, integration, security, and DevOps teams to ensure end-to-end data reliability




  • Plan and execute database-focused testing, including:




    • Performance and load testing




    • Failover and recovery testing




    • Backup and restore validation




    • Data integrity and consistency checks







Required Experience & Skills


  • Hands-on experience as a Database Administrator in real production environments




  • Proven experience with relational databases such as:




    • SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL






  • Experience with NoSQL databases, including:




    • Cosmos DB, MongoDB, or equivalent






  • Strong expertise in database performance tuning and optimization




  • Solid experience implementing:




    • High availability




    • Replication




    • Disaster recovery strategies






  • Experience supporting large-scale, high-traffic platforms




  • Good understanding of event-driven and microservices-based architectures from a data perspective




  • Hands-on experience with cloud-hosted database platforms on:




    • Azure (preferred), AWS, or GCP







Nice to Have


  • Experience working on identity platforms, ticketing systems, or large event ecosystems




  • Exposure to real-time systems and live-event traffic patterns




  • Familiarity with DevOps, CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code practices

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