Senior Database Administrator
5 months ago
**Key Responsibilities**:
- Ensure Database design is robust, scalable and operating optimally
- Actively contribute to planning meetings, documentation and testing
- Determine, drive and document database policies, procedures and standards within the team
- Set and maintain database standards.
- Ensure high DB availability as this has a public-facing web front end.
- Minimize database downtime and manage parameters to provide fast query responses.
- Perform tests and evaluations regularly to ensure data security, privacy and integrity.
- Develop processes for optimizing database security.
- Install and maintain the performance of database servers.
- Performance tuning of database systems.
- Create automation for repeated database tasks.
- Be available for on-call support as needed.
- Utilize tools and scrips to monitor all aspects of database performance including the underlying compute, storage and networking.
- Drive the adoption of processes within the team that consider and meet the expectations of technical throughput rates and responses; processing times; effective resource utilization during operation and where the system or solution ensures maximum operational capacity requirements are met.
- Good understanding of big data manipulation methodology.
- Use high-speed transaction recovery techniques and backup data.
- Diagnose and troubleshoot database errors.
- Create and manage database reports, visualizations, and dashboards.
- Recommend and implement emerging database technologies.
- Implement improved processes that have a positive effect on the team’s performance and company bottom line.
- Take an active involvement in problem resolution and where necessary works after hours to ensure that problems are resolved.
- Shows foresight to prevent errors or delays in projects.
- Demonstrate initiative by understanding, acquiring and implementing new knowledge and skills both within a team and to the wider group.
- Incorporates the new abilities into the day to day operational activities to improve theperformance of products and systems.
- Ensure techniques, technologies, tools and processes used are in line with industry bestpractices.
- Identify team members requiring specific knowledge, skill or understanding and seek ways toimpart or upskill the team members through coaching and mentorship.
- Verify the knowledge has been imparted successfully and if not, take steps to rectify gaps in thetransfer of the knowledge.
- Provide technical guidance to the team through collaboration sessions and knowledge sharing initiatives.
**Competencies**:
- Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or similar field
- At least 5-7 years’ experience within a commercial environment utilising a high transaction database
- 5+ years of experience in MS SQL and all aspects thereof
- Advanced SQL skills and query writing skills
- Advanced troubleshooting SQL skills
- Experience in designing/optimising MS SQL Databases
- Well-motived, energetic, inquisitive and highly proficient individual with a solid technical base
- A technical expert who can lead a team of Database Administrators
- Excellent communication skills; listening, comprehension, and feedback; written & verbal
- Solution-orientated and client-focused
- A passion for doing high quality work
- The ability to think critically, innovate, and solve challenging technical problems
- High attention to detail
- Effective time management and logical decision-making ability
- Being able to self-start and self-motivate when there is no one available to provide instruction
- Capacity to handle pressure
- Proactive attitute
- Strong work ethic, and the ability to handle peak work times
- Mental and emotional fitness
**Benefits**:
- Provident fund
- Performance bonus
- Working on world-class solutions
- Flexibility hybrid model with 2 days in the office between 10am and 2pm
- Career development (unlimited skills training and certifications)
- Great work culture and ethics and supportive working environment
Kindly note that salary for this role is based on experience and level. If you think you meet these requirements then please do apply.
Goodluck,
The Invigor8 Team :)
**Salary**: R70,000.00 - R95,000.00 per month
Application Question(s):
- Do you have 5-7 years experience in a commercial environment utilizing a high transaction database?
- Do you have 5+ years experience in MS SQL?
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