Database Administrator at Alfred & Victoria Associates

Job Description

• Carry out installation, upgrade and maintenance of all enterprise databases which serve as a driver for all applications.
• Provide production database support in 24x7 operations environment.
• Ensure quality and standard are maintained in the environment
• Monitor and optimize database Server performance.
• Maintain high availability of database Servers.
• Perform support functions down to the last line of support before escalating to senior specialist.
• Ensure that security and integrity of the databases are maintained at all times.
• Back up databases and implement a backup strategy.
• Perform and automate administrative tasks and create custom administrative tools.
• Conduct database test restore and recovery at intervals to ensure validity of backup.
• Ensure architecture design, planning, implementation and optimization.
• Conduct troubleshooting and resolve problems/requests that are escalated by the Database Administrators
• Develop standards, guidelines and procedure for managing and maintaining the database
• Perform and automate administrative tasks and create custom administrative tools.

Mandatory Qualifications & Experience

• A tertiary qualification – Preferably BSc/HND Computer Science or a related discipline
• OCA,OCP, MCP, MCDBA,MCSE, ITIL , TOGAF
• 4 -6 years Database Implementation and Design , experience in Oracle, MySQL, Mssql Databases
• 3+ years Unix experience in Linux, Sun Solaris etc.
• 3+ years’ experience IT related.
• Experience in database design and implementation.
• Knowledgeable in database performance tuning, backup and recovery.
• Knowledge on Infrastructure technologies covering Servers, database and Storage solutions and the architecture driving their evolution.
• Knowledge of application design and configuration
• Depth knowledge of database and application security
• Good interpersonal skills for written, oral and face to face communications
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and conceptual skills
• Ability to work effectively with clients, management and staff members
• Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies and adapt to changing situations