Datamover

Senior Teradata Systems & Disaster Recovery Consultant (Data Mover)

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (On-site)
Contract Type: 3-Month Initial Contract (Extendable)
Start Date: Immediate

Role Summary

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Teradata Consultant specialising in Teradata Data Mover and Disaster Recovery (DR) for an immediate 3-month extendable contract based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Bringing over 8 years of dedicated Teradata experience, you will lead the implementation, optimisation, and validation of high-availability data replication and business continuity solutions. You will work directly alongside local infrastructure, security, and data teams in Riyadh to ensure our enterprise Teradata environment meets strict resilience and regulatory recovery objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Data Mover Implementation & Tuning: Architect, configure, and optimise Teradata Data Mover jobs to ensure reliable, high-speed data and object replication across primary and secondary Teradata sites.
• Disaster Recovery Execution: Assess, design, and execute end-to-end Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity plans, including leading live failover and failback drills.
• System Health & Performance: Monitor Teradata system performance, workload management (TASM), and cross-site network throughput to eliminate bottlenecks during large-scale data transfers.
• Backup, Archive & Restore (BAR): Review and manage Teradata Data Stream Architecture (DSA) processes to guarantee strict adherence to Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPO).
• Troubleshooting & Escalation: Act as the technical lead for resolving complex replication failures, synchronisation lag, and system incidents, delivering comprehensive root cause analysis (RCA) reports.
• Automation & Knowledge Transfer: Build automated shell/Python scripts for routine Data Mover health checks and failover workflows, while providing clear runbooks and knowledge transfer to internal Riyadh-based teams.

Required Qualifications

• Experience: Minimum of 8+ years of dedicated, hands-on experience working within enterprise Teradata environments (administration, engineering, or architecture).
• Core Specialisation: Proven track record deploying, tuning, and managing Teradata Data Mover and enterprise Disaster Recovery architectures in high-availability production environments.
• Teradata Ecosystem: Deep proficiency with Teradata utilities and administration tools, including Viewpoint, DSA, TPT (Teradata Parallel Transporter), BTEQ, FastLoad, and MultiLoad.
• OS & Scripting: Strong Linux/UNIX administration background with solid scripting skills (Bash/Ksh, Python, or Perl).
• Mobilisation & Location: Based in Riyadh or able to mobilise quickly to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for a 3-month initial engagement.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Teradata Vantage (on-premises, private cloud, or public cloud) and hybrid DR topologies.
• Prior consulting or contracting experience in Saudi Arabia or the wider GCC region (especially within regulated sectors such as banking, telecoms, energy, or government).
• Teradata Certified Master or Vantage Administrator certification.