Overview
SQL Database Administrator Jobs in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia at Raqmiyat
Title: SQL Database Administrator
Company: Raqmiyat
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
We are looking for an experienced SQL Developer with additional skills in database administration, server infrastructure, and application support. The candidate will be responsible for building and optimizing database solutions while contributing to system reliability, backup operations, and deployment activities.
Responsibilities
- Develop and optimize complex SQL queries, joins, CTEs, and subqueries for reporting and application needs
- Create and maintain stored procedures and functions for business logic, data processing, and reusable components
- Analyze and tune query performance using execution plans, indexing, and profiling tools
- Manage SQL Server environments (Dev, UAT, Prod), including isolation levels and transaction handling
- Monitor and maintain Always On Availability Groups, ensuring failover readiness and replica health (SQL Server 2022)
- Administer database security, including users, roles, and permissions
- Perform routine maintenance: index optimization, statistics updates, and integrity checks
- Troubleshoot alerts, job failures, and database incidents within SLA timelines
- Administer IIS, including application pools, site configurations, and SSL management
- Deploy and support .NET applications, monitoring logs to resolve issues
- Manage backup and recovery using Veeam and Veritas NetBackup, including restore testing and documentation
- Support server and storage management, ensuring optimal database performance and coordination with infrastructure teams
Qualifications
- 3+ years of hands-on SQL development experience using Microsoft SQL Server
- Strong T-SQL skills including joins, stored procedures, functions, CTEs, and subqueries
- Good understanding of query performance tuning and execution plan analysis
- Knowledge of SQL Server isolation levels and transaction management
- Experience with SQL Server Always On Availability Groups on SQL Server 2022
- Familiarity with Veeam Backup & Replication and Veritas NetBackup
- Basic IIS administration and .NET web application deployment experience
- Exposure to physical server management and Windows Server environments