Senior Database Administrator

7 months ago

Cape Town, South Africa The Perfect Placements Full time

The Senior Database Administrator reports to the Database Administrator Team Lead and is responsible for the planning, building and maintenance of robust and reliable database clusters supporting our system infrastructure. The key objective of the Database Administration Team, and thus the Senior Database Administrator, is to ensure Search Project’s globally deployed database infrastructure is stable, scalable and efficient. To reach this goal, you will collaborate with the Team Lead to define, refine and execute the processes and tasks required. The Senior DBA will help to mentor other team members in their day-to-day tasks. You will also support the Team Lead in planning, technical decisions and collaborating with teams we support for their database needs to develop new insights that could further enhance our platform.

**What we want you to own in this role**:

- Guide the Database Administration Team through the creation and execution of the database management;
- Define and enforce availability and performance SLAs to maintain our high standards;
- Maintain detailed, up-to-date documentation of internal data assets;
- Use Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to automate creation and destruction of clusters;
- Define and enforce monitoring and alarming policies to minimize system downtime or performance degradation;
- Ensure systems are patched, secured and backed up to our standards;
- Oversee the tuning of database engines for improved efficiency and cost;
- Co-ordinate with cross-functional experts throughout the company to validate and develop new insights;
- Collaborate with and support development and other teams in delivering on business objectives;
- Expert analytical and data-driven decision-making skills;
- Creative thinking and motivated self-starter with an ability to quickly grasp complex concepts and technologies;
- Comfortable leading projects from start to finish with mínimal supervision;
- Strong ability to work within aggressive and dynamic timelines;
- Excellent team player and positive contributor to the culture of the business;
- Participate in On-call rotation for publishing platform.

**A little bit about you and your qualifications**:

- University degree or diploma in related field and 5+ years of relevant DBA experience;
- Expert in large scale MySQL database cluster administration;
- Advanced knowledge of SQL optimization;
- Experience implementing and maintaining best practices for database backups;
- Basic Linux system administration experience;
- Comfortable administering Mongo or a similar document-based database system;
- Intermediate understanding of PostgreSQL database systems;
- Virtualization experience, specifically AWS cloud computing and clustering;
- Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making skills;
- Ability to work within aggressive and dynamic timelines;
- Strong communication skills and an ability to interact with all levels of end usersand technical resources;
- Experience with Hadoop considered an asset;
- Experience managing infrastructure with code (Terraform, Ansible, etc);
- Sufficient knowledge of scripting languages such as Python or PHP for task automation and monitoring components;
- Familiarity with the Atlassian Stack management tools (JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket).

**What’s in it for you**:

- Equipment you need to thrive in your role.
- State of the art offices and workspace.
- Multiple team & companywide celebrations and team building activities throughout the year.
- Various career development programs and training.
- 20 days’ annual leave.
- Full benefits from day 1 for you - Medical Aid and Pension fund.
- Life insurance.

**Salary**:

- R800 000+ per year depending on experience and qualifications

If the above excites you, please submit a professional head and shoulders picture along with your updated CV

**Salary**: From R800,000.00 per year

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Cape Town, Western Cape: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

**Education**:

- Diploma (required)

**Experience**:

- database administration: 5 years (required)
- SQL Optimisation: 3 years (required)
- MySQL: 3 years (required)
- AWS: 3 years (required)
- IaC: 3 years (required)

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