Database Administrator (DBA)

Ideal Standard International Egypt Sanitary Wares SAE (Egypt)

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Cairo Until 9/28/2026 3+ years exp First posted July 30, 2026 Last posted July 30, 2026
Job description

Shape & Create - And make it happen!

The Villeroy & Boch Group with its Ideal Standard brand is one of the world's leading manufacturers in the ceramics and lifestyle sector. With our innovative and stylish products from the Dining & Lifestyle and Bath & Wellness segments, we have been creating moments and rooms to feel good in since 1748. Our success is based on the passion, design expertise and innovative strength of our more than 13,000 employees in 42 countries.

Want to become part of us? #shapeandcreate

  • Manage, monitor, and maintain diverse database landscape, including on-premises and cloud-based systems.
  • Ensure high availability, performance, and scalability of database systems to support critical business applications and user needs.
  • Implement and manage robust database security protocols, user access controls, and compliance measures to protect sensitive data.
  • Develop, test, and maintain comprehensive backup and recovery strategies to safeguard organizational data against loss or corruption.
  • Perform proactive database performance tuning, optimization, and troubleshooting to resolve complex issues efficiently and prevent future occurrences.
  • Plan and execute database patching, upgrades, and migrations with minimal downtime and impact on business operations.
  • Collaborate closely with application development teams, infrastructure teams, and other stakeholders to support new projects, integrate solutions, and resolve database-related challenges.
  • Maintain clear, up-to-date documentation for database configurations, procedures, and best practices.
  • Participate in an on-call rotation for critical database support as required, ensuring 24/7 system reliability.

Your Profile:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field.
  • Excellent verbal and written English skills.
  • 3+ years of proven hands-on experience with major relational database management systems, specifically MS-SQL, and SAP HANA.
  • Familiarity with cloud-based database solutions is also highly valued.
  • Proficiency in SQL for querying, data manipulation, and database object management.
  • Experience in monitoring, troubleshooting, and resolving database-related issues efficiently.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Proactively ensures meticulous data integrity and system reliability, and adeptly resolves complex database issues under pressure
  • Highly adaptable to evolving technologies and business requirements, with an excellent problem-solving mindset focused on data integrity and system reliability.

Think outside the box with us! #shapeandcreate

About this role

Summary

Manage and optimize databases, ensure security, backups, and troubleshoot issues.

Job title

Database Administrator (DBA)

Experience level

3+ years

Minimum experience

3+ years exp

Industry

manufacturing

Location requirements

Cairo, remote work not specified

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

SQLMS-SQLSAP HANAdatabase securitybackup and recovery

Preferred skills

cloud databaseperformance optimization

Specializations

database managementSQLcloud solutionsperformance tuningbackups
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

Work arrangement unknown City