DBA Specialist

1 week ago

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Nedbank Full time R1 200 000 - R2 400 000 per year

Requisition Details & Talent Acquisition Specialist

REQ 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.
  • Work with integration of databases including synchronisation between disparate databases, integration, maintenance/ conversion, capacity planning issues and new applications.
  • 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

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Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team

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