African Reinsurance Corporation
Database Administrator (PS 2)
The African Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re), a pan-African International Financial Institution, announces a vacancy for the position of Database Administrator at the Headquarters in Lagos, Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The successful candidate will have the direct responsibility of supporting the ICT Department with the planning, administration, installation, configuration and control of the database systems used by the Corporation and ensuring efficiency, integrity and security of the corporate technological environment. He shall report to the Director of Information Technology (DICT).
B. Detailed Duties/Responsibilities
The duties of the Database Administrator shall comprise:
- Database
Administration
- Database
Maintenance
- Database
Support
- Database
Security
- Back
up & Recovery
- ICT
Risk & Compliance
- Ensuring
full compliance with the ICT policies and procedures
C. Key Performance Indicator
- Quality
of database operations administration
- Performance
of systems
- Internal
user feedback
- Quality
& Timeliness of updates
- Efficiency
& Effectiveness
- Quality
of restore and backup retrieval
- Audit
findings
D. Technical Competencies Required For This Position
- Oracle
database core administration experience
- Oracle
e-business Suite Application and database administration will be an added
advantage
- Experience
in Oracle web logic administration
- Experience
in SQL/SQL* Plus programming PL/SQL and stored procedures/packages
- Experience
in deployment in SOA suite, creation of Data sources, JMS destination,
securing web services
- Experience
in setup of High Availability architecture with clustering for Oracle Apps
server and RAC for databases
- Experience
working with Oracle Enterprise Manager
- Experience
in performance tuning of Oracle 10g Application Server preferred
E. Minimum Qualifications and Experience
Applicants not older than 40 years and should hold the following qualification:
- First
University degree in relevant field (Computer Science/ Engineering) plus
Masters plus 5 years post qualification relevant qualitative work
experience in Data base Management;
or
- First
University degree in relevant field (Computer Science/Engineering) plus
full professional qualification plus 5 years post qualification relevant
qualitative work experience in Data base Management;
or
- First
University degree in relevant field (Computer Science/ Engineering) plus 9
years post qualification relevant qualitative work in Data base
Management.
F. Additional Requirements For Candidates For This Position:
Applicants must be:
- Nationals
of member States of Africa Re;
- Additional
professional qualification in Oracle Certified Professional (Database
Administration) will be an added advantage.
- Bilingualism
(English/French) would be an added advantage.
- Relevant
work experience in a Reinsurance company, in the department of Reinsurance
of an insurance company or in a reputable international organization would
be an added advantage.
G. Other Information
Salary and other conditions of service are competitive and comparative to what is obtainable in similar international organizations.
H. Procedure
Interested candidates for these positions are requested to complete and submit the employment form online.
Closing date for submission of applications: 3 May 2013