Database Administrator

VAM Systems is currently looking for DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR for our Bahrain operations with the following skillsets & terms and conditions:

Experience:

• Minimum 3 years in database related role

• Experience supporting AWS

Preferred:

• AWS Certification

Skills:

• Proficient in database administration, backup/recovery, and performance tuning.

• Understanding of cloud database operations (RDS snapshots, scaling, monitoring).

• Hands-on with Linux administration and shell scripting.

• Familiarity with DevOps tools and deployment.

• Basic knowledge of data warehousing and BI workflows.

• Experience with SQL skills for reporting optimization.

• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and documentation skills.

• Good teamwork and communication skills with cross-functional teams.

• Availability outside of working hours to resolve emergency issues promptly

Educational Qualification & Certifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Create, configure, and maintain databases for production, development, and test environments.

• Perform database installation, configuration, and patching for Oracle, PostgreSQL, or MySQL.

• Support AWS RDS administration including parameter tuning, backups, and maintenance tasks.

• Execute daily health checks, performance monitoring, and alert analysis.

• Perform backup and recovery operations

• Manage database users, roles, and permissions following least-privilege principles.

• Implement and monitor security controls including encryption, access logging, and password policies.

• Assist in migrations and upgrades

• Support incident management by troubleshooting performance and availability issues.

• Participate in capacity planning, performance tuning, and resource optimization activities.

• Assist in documentation of configurations, recovery steps, and maintenance tasks.

• Ensure data integrity and consistency through validation and constraint management.

• Work closely with system, application, and development teams to support database-related activities.

• Follow established change management and release processes (

• Participate in DR tests and failover simulations.

• Support ETL jobs and reporting databases.

• une queries and manage data used by BI dashboards.

• Maintain consistency between transactional and analytical systems.

• Continuously learn new tools and technologies in the AWS and open-source database ecosystem

The selected candidates shall join VAM Systems – Bahrain and shall be deputed to one of the leading organizations in Bahrain.

Should you be interested in this opportunity, please send your latest resume at the earliest at