Database Administrator

2 weeks ago


Midrand, South Africa Network Contracting Full time

Job & Company Description: I am currently building a pipeline of Database Administrators with proven experience and expertise working with cloud-based data platforms.If youre looking to advance your DBA career this is your chance to work on impactful, data-driven projects.Key Responsibilities: Manage and maintain cloud-based and on-premises databases. Perform database installations, upgrades, monitoring, and optimisation. Implement database security, backups, disaster recovery, and high availability. Troubleshoot database issues, ensuring performance, reliability, and scalability. Optimise SQL queries, stored procedures, and database structures. Maintain documentation, policies, and best practices for database environments. Job Experience and Skills Required: Education: Relevant Degree or Diploma in Information Technology, Computer Science, or relevant field. Experience: Must have 3+ years experience as a Database Administrator. Strong experience working with cloud platforms (Azure SQL, AWS RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, or GCP Cloud SQL). Proficient in SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle environments. Hands-on experience with database performance tuning and optimisation. Strong understanding of backups, restores, monitoring, and disaster recovery. Familiarity with automation and scripting (PowerShell, Bash, Python, etc.). Nice to Have: Cloud certifications (Azure / AWS / GCP). Exposure to Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, ARM, CloudFormation). Apply now



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