Database Administrator

Key Responsibilities

• Performance Management: Monitor database performance and manage parameters to provide fast query responses, maintaining system logs and performance baselines.
• High Availability & Infrastructure: Manage high-availability components, including storage and underlying infrastructure for mission-critical databases.
• Backup and Recovery: Develop, test, and manage comprehensive backup and recovery plans, ensuring data archiving and restoration procedures are fully functional.
• Audit and Compliance: Lead IT audit processes by providing necessary documentation and ensuring the closure of audit, change management, and compliance issues.
• Risk and Disaster Recovery: Manage IT risks for database systems, lead Business Continuity Planning (BCP), and perform periodic disaster recovery testing.
• Database Maintenance: Perform schema design, capacity planning, troubleshooting, and change control activities. Install and maintain RDBMS using best practices, including applying critical patches.
• System Configuration: Configure and administer MSSQL and PostgreSQL databases.
• Documentation: Create and maintain technical documentation, including data standards, procedures, and metadata definitions.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
• Experience: 2–3 years of experience in database technology with a track record of deploying database and data warehousing technologies in production environments.
• Technical Proficiency: Strong skills in SQL and PL/SQL; experience with Oracle, MSSQL, and PostgreSQL.
• Specialized Knowledge: Proficiency in Data Integration, Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, OLAP, and Data Mining.
• Frameworks and OS: Familiarity with ICT standards such as ITIL and COBIT. Proficiency in Linux and Windows operating systems.
• Analytical Skills: Strong ability to analyze and correlate complex data with extensive knowledge of the Oracle Technology stack and ICT system architectures.