Sharq, Kuwait Responsibilities The Roles of the GIS Database Administrator shall include, but not be limited to the following: * Reports directly to Contract Managing Engineer (CME) and KOC Contract Representative. * Directs the Services/work of personnel in his charge. * Prepares and submits weekly reports to the Contract Managing Engineer (CME). * Under general direction, performs technical and administrative work developing and maintaining the software related to the Esri based, Enterprise Geographic Information System (GIS). * Provide technical expertise for Arc SDE management, using expert level functional skills in Arc SDE, Arc GIS and SQL Server. * Administer versioned SDE including an Arc Server based web environment. * Serve as system administrator for the intranet map web application and develop other applications for it as needed. * Meet with end users to understand user needs; using input from the users, evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of available options. * Identify and recommend strategies using the GIS system that could lead to increased efficiency or cost effectiveness. * Maintain relationships with technical experts as necessary. * Participate in meetings with core GIS team and Contract Managing Engineer (CME). * Attend project meetings as technical expert. Requirements * Six(6\) years of experience serving as a database administrator (DBA) or background in the use of geodatabase creation, editing, and management. * Experience with Arc GIS geodatabase technology in a multi\-user environment. * Familiarity with database administration tasks such as performing backups and restores, creating users, configuration and tuning, and diagnostic tracing Working knowledge of hardware\-related issues. * Extensive experience utilizing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 or higher, especially programmatically from other custom applications. Education * Bachelor degree in computer science, computer engineering, GIS or closely technical discipline. Generic \& Specific Skills * Shall be able to read, write and speak English language freely.