Database Administrator

  • Full-time
  • Business Segment: Archived_01_Engineering

Company Description

Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector’s most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We’re passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.

Job Description

The Database Administrator is responsible for the day-to-day operations and maintenance of Databases. The Database Administrator carries out responsibilities in some or all of the following technical areas: Creating and maintaining all databases required for Production, Disaster Recovery, development and testing usage, Performs ongoing tuning of the database instances, Plans and implements backup and recovery of databases, Setup and maintenance of online replication of data from Production to the DR environment, Monitor and advise management on licensing issues while ensuring compliance with Oracle License agreements, Proactive Production Database monitoring across database platforms. Performing in conjunction with system administrators, the capacity planning required in creating and maintaining the various databases for the use of the Bank. Performs failover of databases as required for disaster recovery. Ensures space availability for database growth.

Qualifications

  • First degree

Experience

  • Minimum of 5-year post qualification experience in a similar or related position.
  • Professional certification in OCP, ITIL v3 required

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies

  • Developing Expertise
  • Exploring Possibilities
  • Generating Ideas
  • Interacting with People
  • Taking Action

Technical Competencies

  • Database Administration
  • Technical Analysis
  • License Management
  • IT Operations
  • IT Systems
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