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About the Role

The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Saudi Arabia is seeking a Database Administrator to join its team. This full-time position is based in the Makkah region, with responsibilities covering sites in Jeddah and Makkah. The role is critical for managing and optimizing the organization’s database environments and providing essential regional IT support.

Role Purpose and Scope

The Database Administrator is responsible for ensuring the high availability, performance, data integrity, and secure access to business-critical systems and applications. This involves managing, securing, and optimizing database environments while providing reliable regional IT support across multiple sites, in alignment with business continuity and operational objectives.

Core Database Responsibilities

• Install, configure, monitor, maintain, and optimize enterprise databases to ensure performance, availability, and reliability.
• Perform performance tuning, query optimization, indexing, and capacity planning to maintain optimal database performance.
• Manage database backup, restore, replication, and disaster recovery processes to ensure data resilience and business continuity.
• Implement database security controls, user access management, encryption, and audit logging to protect sensitive data.
• Support database clustering, failover, replication, and disaster recovery solutions to minimize downtime and data loss.
• Proactively monitor database health, resolve incidents, and perform root cause analysis for recurring issues.

IT and Application Support

• Provide technical support to regional sites for infrastructure, endpoints, applications, and user issues as required.
• Support business-critical applications and databases, including platforms such as SAP S/4HANA and other enterprise systems.
• Assist with server administration, storage, virtualization, and cloud environments supporting database workloads.

Required Qualifications and Experience

Candidates for this role should possess 2 to 5 years of experience in database administration and IT support. A strong understanding of database management principles, performance optimization, security protocols, and disaster recovery strategies is essential. Experience with enterprise systems like SAP S/4HANA and general IT infrastructure support is also required.

Location and Employment Type

This is a full-time position located within the Makkah region, specifically serving operations in Jeddah and Makkah. The role requires active participation in maintaining robust IT services across the company's regional footprint.