About this role
Lucidya, a pioneering AI-native customer intelligence platform, is seeking a skilled Database Administrator to join its growing team in Saudi Arabia.
Experience
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This role is crucial for maintaining and enhancing the performance, reliability, and security of our critical PostgreSQL and MySQL database infrastructure, which spans AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and in-Kingdom hosting environments. You will be instrumental in managing multi-terabyte databases, implementing robust high-availability and disaster recovery strategies, and ensuring seamless data operations.
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As a Database Administrator at Lucidya, you will tackle complex challenges, including performance optimization, database upgrades, and safe migration planning. You will collaborate closely with engineering, cloud, and reliability teams to prevent incidents, improve database architecture, and drive the scalability of our platform.
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This is an exceptional opportunity to make a significant impact on a rapidly scaling SaaS startup, contributing directly to the success of an AI-driven customer experience solution.
Required Skills
- PostgreSQL MySQL AWS Aurora Amazon RDS Linux Database Performance Tuning Replication High Availability Disaster Recovery Bash Scripting Python Scripting Database Administration Troubleshooting Change Management
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and maintain PostgreSQL and MySQL databases across AWS, GCP, and self-managed environments.
- Monitor database performance, availability, and capacity.
- Optimize queries, indexing, and database resource utilization.
- Manage backups, point-in-time recovery, and disaster recovery.
- Implement database replication, high availability, and failover strategies.
- Plan database upgrades, migrations, and safe schema changes.
- Maintain database security, access controls, and auditing.
- Automate database operations using Bash, Python, or similar tools.
- Troubleshoot database incidents and perform root-cause analysis.
- Collaborate with engineering, DevOps, SRE, and Cloud teams to improve database reliability and scalability.
Qualifications
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5+ years of hands-on PostgreSQL administration experience in production.
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Experience with AWS Aurora, Amazon RDS, MySQL, and self-managed Linux databases.
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Understanding of database performance tuning, replication, high availability, and disaster recovery.
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Experience managing multi-terabyte databases, upgrades, and migrations.
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Ability to automate database operations using Bash or Python.
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Hands-on experience with backups, recovery, replication, and failover.
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Ability to troubleshoot database incidents and minimize downtime.
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Proficiency in safe change-management practices and maintaining rollback plans.
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Ability to troubleshoot slow queries, indexing, locking, and resource utilization.
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Understanding of PostgreSQL internals and multi-tenant database challenges.
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Strong ownership mentality and ability to remain calm under pressure.
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Clear communication and effective collaboration skills with engineering teams.
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Commitment to documenting work and continuously improving database reliability.
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About This Role
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In the rapidly expanding field of Customer Intelligence, robust data infrastructure is paramount. This role is critical for managing and optimizing PostgreSQL and MySQL databases across AWS, GCP, and in-Kingdom hosting environments. You will be instrumental in ensuring the performance, availability, and security of multi-terabyte database systems, directly impacting the reliability of an AI-native platform. Your expertise in database resilience, performance tuning, and automation will drive business ROI by supporting high-volume data ingestion and continuous product innovation.
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Posted Date
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October 21, 2026
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