Dba Specialist

**Requisition Details & Talent Acquisition Specialist**- REQ 142830 - Keabetswe Modise- Closing Date: 14 November 2025- ** Job Family**
- Information Technology- ** Career Stream**- IT Operations- ** Leadership Pipeline**
- Manage Self: Professional- ** Job Purpose**
- To ensure the installation; design; configuration; upgrade; administration; monitoring and maintenance of databases and associated software products; In support of operational systems and the development environment. To ensure the integrity; reliability; efficiency and security of enterprises data.

** Job Responsibilities**- Build effective client relations by participating in project planning facilitation and project reporting to clients, stakeholders and vendors. Address client issues by providing technical support for all databases including high-level support and escalated calls.
- Build and maintain stakeholder relationships.
- Ensure availability by implementing standards for developing and maintaining preventative maintenance routines. Ensure client needs are understood and met through regular monitoring of database resources.
- Build client relationships by providing first line support, standby and acting within mandate.
- Ensure stakeholders are informed of any database related changes. Provide client service as defined in the Service Catalogue.
- Comply with risks standards. Alert database administrators of events that will potentially generate performance or integrity issues with the database.
- Communicate and ensure that all staff are instructed in the use of new and/or enhanced procedures and scripts for all aspects of database administration that were established and/or created.
- Prove recovery processors are successful.
- Optimise database performance and resource usage.
- Participate in technical review forums.
- Participate in design, development and management of large complex databases management systems used throughout the organisation.
- Transfer and/or share data and assume responsibility for the design, coding, documentation and implementation of database related scripts and queries.
- Assist with the project management of the implementation of database.
- Contribute to a culture of transformation by participating in Nedbank culture building initiatives, business strategy, and CSI.
- Stay abreast of developments in field of expertise, ensuring personal and professional growth.
- Understand and embrace the Nedbank vision and values, leading by example.
- Identify and recommend opportunities to enhance processes, systems and policies.
- Ensure work is completed to agreed timelines.
- Ensure that all financial recoveries are captured.
- Ensure infrastructure designs are optimised for financial savings. Provide advice on improved performance.
- Ensure information is provided correctly to stakeholders by maintaining knowledge sharing knowledge with team.
- Provide technical mentoring to junior staff by actively participate in job shadowing.-
- **Essential Qualifications - NQF Level**
- Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate- **Preferred Qualification**- Honours Degree / BSC Information Tech-
- **Essential Certifications**
- DB Certification- **Minimum Experience Level**- 8 years plus exposure to IT environment with minimum of 5 years DBA-
- **Technical / Professional Knowledge**
- Principles of project management
- Relevant regulatory knowledge
- Relevant software and systems knowledge
- Business writing skills
- Information Technology concepts
- Governance, risk and controls
- Specific technology of relevant to domain
- Data base Administration (DBA) Principles and Admin Concepts
- Relational database
- Database Restore and Recoveries- **Behavioural Competencies**
- Applied Learning
- Collaborating
- Customer Focus
- Initiating Action
- Work Standards
- Managing Work
- Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills
- **_Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at +27 860 555 566_