Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Database Administrator – Job Vacancy

-Establish the needs of users and monitor user access and security
-Monitor performance and manage parameters to provide fast responses to front-end users
-Map out the conceptual design for a planned database
-Consider both back-end organization of data and front-end accessibility for end-users
-Refine the logical design so that it can be translated into a specific data model
-Further refining the physical design to meet system storage requirements
-Install and test new versions of the database management system (DBMS)
-Maintain data standards, including adherence to the Data Protection Act
-Write database documentation, including data standards, procedures and definitions for the data dictionary (metadata)
-Control access permissions and privileges
-Develop, manage and test back-up and recovery plans
-Ensure that storage and archiving procedures are functioning correctly
-Carry out capacity planning
-Work closely with IT project managers, database programmers and multimedia programmers
-Communicate regularly with technical, applications and operational staff to ensure database integrity and security
-Commission and install new applications and customize existing applications in order to make them fit for purpose
-Manage the security and disaster recovery aspects of a database.