Brief Description
The role has the responsibility to: – Design, configure, implement, support, and maintain enterprise databases. – Implement and monitor database controls to ensure information integrity.
Detailed Description
Principal Accountabilities (KEY Performance areas):
Accountability (Responsibility)
Installing database management systems using best practice.
Ensure compliance with license agreements and maintain upgrades and critical patches.
Remediate audit findings. Control access permissions and privileges on databases.
Monitoring and managing the high availability components and the underlying infrastructure for mission-critical databases.
Performs database optimization and performance monitoring. Define and ensure integrity of the backups and restore processes in accordance with the disaster recovery policy.
Carry out capacity planning for the enterprise databases. Manage the external (S/W & H/W) suppliers to ensure they meet their SLA ‘s.
Ensure standardization and documentation of databases, standard operating procedures, support techniques, and adherence to defined IT service management processes to ensure availability and reliability. Implement, document, and maintain database security configurations to ensure database security and integrity.
Recommend & Implement value adding improvement, monitoring, and automation tools to improve productivity and lower costs.
Provide technical expertise and direct support for the planning, coordination, and implementation of software projects to get the projects delivered in time and within budget.
Manage database incidents and requests with the agreed service levels •
Job Requirements
Knowledge and Experience Qualification (Minimum)
Bachelor’s Degree in IT or related field. Additional Qualifications
Good Database administration knowledge and skills
Good Unix/Linux administration knowledge and skills and/or Microsoft Certified System Engineer
Certification in database administration
Networking skills
Basic hardware knowledge
Years of Experience (Minimum)
Four years of experience in database administration.
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