Senior SQL Database Administrator

2 weeks ago

Johannesburg, South Africa Sanlam Full time

Who are we?
Sanlam Developing Markets [SDM] (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sanlam Life Limited) is one of the top financial services providers in the South African entry-level and emerging middle market. It aims to understand the unique requirements of clients and offers a wide range of simple and affordable financial solutions that cover needs such as funeral insurance, savings for education, life cover and personal accident plans. In terms of the Sanlam Group Governance Policy, SDM is managed by the SA Retail Mass cluster, which is part of the Sanlam Life and Savings cluster within the Sanlam Group. The cluster focusses on retail products, as well as group schemes. What will you do?

Enabling business

Responsible for supporting the business by ensuring that all SQL environments are running optimally
Puts plans in place to automate all database checks and daily tasks.
Identifying improvements and advising on best practise
Take responsibility for capacity management and performance tuning of a database
Security and risk management of the SQL estate
Take on the role of data architect, overlooking and assisting with all database designs.

Communication

Interface with multiple business users across the organization.
Build and maintain strong relationships with internal clients.
Work closely with the development teams - assist with any queries (performance tuning, best practices, troubleshoot logic issues etc)

Coaching

Review team members’ code and advise on enhancements
Provide technical knowledge to junior team members,

Deployments

Ensure stable releases to Test and/or Live environments. (This includes T-SQL, SSRS, SSAS and SSIS deployments.)
Manage ETL environment, assist in project deployments
System Documentation
Create and update documentation for the entire SQL environment

Staff Management

Manage work distribution to team
Manage team performance
Manage team SLA’s
What will make you successful in this role?

Qualification and Experience

Matric
Relevant tertiary qualifications
Minimum 10 years extensive working experience in a SQL DBA role
Must have work experience with SQL security and a very good understanding on how to design and implement security roles for enterprise type databases
Must have experience in designing and building large/high volume transactional and analytical Databases
SQL SSAS deployment, security models and design knowledge are advantageous
SQL High availability experience is critical. 5+ years of experience on SQL HA.
Must have SQL performance tuning experience on large systems
Must have solid T-SQL development skills.
Must have 2-3 years team lead/management experience, leading SQL DBAs

Knowledge and skills

Extensive knowledge of SSRS, SSAS, T-SQL and SSIS.
A solid understanding of how the SQL engine works
Solid understanding of performance tuning principles within SQL, SSAS, SSRS. Personal qualities

Proactivity
Client service orientation
Quality and detail orientation
Coping with pressures and setbacks
Adapting and responding to change
Adhering to principles and values
Good communication skills (written and verbal)
Relating and networking skills
Confidence and decisiveness
Planning and organising
Creating and innovating
Build a successful career with us
We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future - your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realise their worth. Through its four business clusters - Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Emerging Markets, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office - the group provides many opportunities for growth and development. Turnaround time
The Sanlam Group is committed to achieving transformation and embraces diversity. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace as we believe that these are key components to ensuring a thriving and sustainable business in South Africa. The Group's Employment Equity plan and targets will be considered as part of the selection process.

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