Database Administrator

1 week ago

Brackenfell, South Africa Disruptive IT Full time

To work with software vendor for knowledge transfer Engage with software vendor to get a detailed understanding of how the data / database needs to be managed. Produce documentation so that other DBAs are able to provide support of the system. Understand how data access/auditing is done. Understand how data backup / recovery is implemented. To carry out database administration tasks ensuring data is available, protected and recoverable Perform daily health checks for databases and resolve any issues identified Ensure database backups are scheduled and completing successfully Verify backups are valid by testing restore process regularly. Monitor databases so that capacity constraints can be mitigated by timeous provisioning of resources. Close incidents within SLA Execute database changes according to change management process Assist developers with any database issues To ensure information security and regulatory compliance Ensuring system security meets regulatory compliance Manage server security remediation activities which will include conducting vulnerability scans and patching To carry out database administration tasks ensuring data is available, protected and recoverable. Perform daily health checks for databases and resolve any issues identified Ensure database backups are scheduled and completing successfully Verify backups are valid by testing restore process regularly. Monitor databases so that capacity constraints can be mitigated by timeous provisioning of resources. Close incidents within SLA Execute database changes according to change management process Assist developers with any database issues

**Qualifications**:
Essential Grade 12 Desirable Industry Certification: AWS / Azure certification MongoDB or Cassandra or Hadoop certification

Experience

Essential 3+ Years Managing all aspects of at least one database management systems from installation, configuration, backup management and security. For example MongodDB, Cassandra, other. 3+ Years Experience in administering one or more of the Relational Database Management Systems such as MySQL or Postgres Desirable 3+ Years Experience working with services in Azure and / or AWS 3+ Years Exposure to one or more Apache Software Foundation Big Data & Database projects such as Hadoop, Hbase

Knowledge and Skills

JOB RELATED KNOWLEDGE Essential 4+ Years General understanding of database management concepts JOB RELATED SKILLS Essential 3+ Years Proficient with installing, configuring, administering, using and benchmarking NoSQL solutions. 3+ Years Basic familiarity with Linux operating system 3+ Years Proficient with one or more Apache Software Foundation Big Data & Database projects such as Cassandra, Hadoop, Hbase, MongoDB Desirable 3+ Years Proficient with some of the common developer tool sets such as Java, XML, JSON, REST, Shell, Perl and etc.

This is a 12 month fixed term contract.

**Salary**: R500.00 - R600.00 per month

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