Database Administrator at Coronation Merchant Bank

Responsibilities

• Developing database structures and features according to organizational needs.
• Performing database maintenance, migration, and upgrading hardware and software.
• Keep up with changes in relational database management systems, database management practices, SQL programming, server operating systems and vendor supplied information systems Operations Management - Business Continuity.
• Create new database users as required, develop, implement and maintain scripts for database backup and restore for all databases and test the procedures periodically.
• Regularly monitor and tune databases for optimal performance.
• Troubleshoot, resolve, and communicate problems and failures with databases and related server applications.
• Assist in the development and maintenance of reporting databases.
• Develop and modify technical documentation that describes installation and maintenance standards and procedures.
• Update configuration database of all business applications after release of new module/upgrade of existing business applications
• Developing procedures to ensure data integrity and quality.
• Regularly performs ad hoc analysis and reporting as needed
• Delivery of the project and the required functionality tested and signed off, with all processes to ensure BCP readiness
• Institute disaster recovery management for the Bank to achieve set Recovery Point and Time objectives
• Develop visualizations of data to present to management and the Board.
• Ensure that vulnerabilities in core banking applications are proactively detected and remediated/Full detection and remediation of all vulnerabilities
• Install, monitor, maintain and performance tune all Production, Test & Development databases including but not limited to Oracle and SQL server.
• Upgrade database management systems, including but not limited to Oracle and SQL server.
• Developing, implementing, and overseeing database policies and procedures to ensure the integrity and availability of Oracle databases and their accompanying software.
• Install and upgrade database applications by applying patches and upgrades on a regular schedule.
• Provides technical support to application development teams. This is usually in the form of a help desk.

Requirements

• Candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree with a minimum of 3 years relevant work experience.