Senior Teradata Database Administrator

About the Role

FNRCO is seeking a Senior Teradata Database Administrator to join their team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role is responsible for the comprehensive administration, performance, availability, security, maintenance, and lifecycle management of enterprise Teradata database environments. The position requires strong hands-on expertise in various aspects of Teradata database administration, including performance monitoring, workload management, production support, migration, and disaster recovery.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and support enterprise Teradata database environments across Production, UAT, Development, and DR systems.
• Perform Teradata database administration, configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting, including managing users, roles, profiles, privileges, and space.
• Monitor Teradata system and query performance using tools such as Teradata Viewpoint, DBQL, and PDCR, and provide SQL and database performance tuning recommendations.
• Configure, install, and administer Teradata Performance & Data Collection (PDCR) and Teradata Viewpoint, including setting up monitoring capabilities and alerts.
• Monitor and administer Teradata Active System Management (TASM) and workload management, analyzing workload behavior and resource consumption.
• Perform and support Teradata database backup, recovery, and disaster recovery activities, including administering BAR Data Stream Controller (DSC) operations.
• Execute Teradata database and data migration activities between environments and platforms, coordinating with support and technical teams.
• Plan and execute Teradata DBMS upgrades, patches, and service packs, ensuring pre-upgrade health checks and post-upgrade validation.
• Monitor Teradata database, table, user, and system space utilization, performing capacity monitoring and providing growth reports.
• Manage Teradata user and security administration, including creating users, roles, profiles, and privileges in accordance with security requirements.
• Provide production support for enterprise Teradata environments, troubleshooting database, performance, workload, and operational issues.
• Perform regular Teradata database health checks and prepare operational and performance reports.
• Follow established change management and production support procedures, preparing technical implementation and rollback plans.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years of database administration experience, with significant hands-on Teradata DBA experience.
• Proven experience supporting enterprise-scale Teradata production environments.
• Experience with Teradata performance tuning, DBQL, PDCR, Viewpoint, TASM, backup/recovery, migration, and upgrades.
• Experience working with Teradata vendor/support teams.
• Experience in mission-critical enterprise environments is preferred.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, requiring dedicated support for critical enterprise Teradata environments.