SQL DBA (Database Administrator)
🗏Job Type | Full Time |
Responsible for supporting the Microsoft SQL databases and ensuring their performance, availability and security.
· Installation, support and maintenance of Microsoft SQL databases.
· Responsible for ensuring availability and performance of the databases that support the system.
· Creating primary database storage structures and objects.
· Modifying the database structure.
· Work with the team to ensure that the associated hardware resources allocated to the databases and to ensure high availability and optimum performance.
· Allocating system storage and planning future storage requirements for all database systems.
· Responsible for improvement and maintenance of the databases to include rollout and upgrades.
· Responsible for implementation and release of database changes as submitted by the development team.
· Installing and upgrading the database, clients and application development programs.
· Implement/ maintain the security policy standards as they relate to database maintenance, security and archiving.
· Review/ recommendation of security standards.
· Monitoring of the databases.
· Proactively monitor and optimize the performance of the database systems to ensure secure services with minimum downtime.
· Controlling and monitoring user access to the database.
· Review and maintain the Disaster recovery for the database environment.
· Ensures procedures and documentation for seamless cutover to disaster recovery are up to date.
· Backups and patches.
· Planning for backup and recovery of database information.
· Responsible for installing and maintaining patches and releases.
· Reporting and customer interaction.
· Liaison with customers on calls that are channelled through the helpdesk.
· Ensure customer satisfaction before closure of call.
· Complete and accurate reporting.
· Responsible for providing trend analysis to the management team to enable them to make informed decisions regarding resource management.
Provide relevant documentation in relation to database environment.
· Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA) is essential.
· IT Diploma is essential.
· Minimum of five years employment experience as a Microsoft SQL Database Administrator.
· IT Network and Operating Systems knowledge.
· Experience of other database systems, preferably Oracle and Sybase.
· Practical experience in monitoring and tuning a database to provide a high availability service
· Practical experience in managing the internal and external MS SQL database security.
· Practical experience within a 3-tier environment.
· Practical experience within a 24/7 support environment.
· Practical experience in monitoring and tuning a database to provide a high availability service.
· Working experience within the financial sector will be an advantage.
· Ability to communicate across all levels.
· Analytical skills.
· Solaris skills.
· Good track record of dependability, accuracy, loyalty and responsibility.
· Ability to work independently and deadline driven.
· Must be available to be on standby and to work extensive overtime.
Negotiable
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