Job Title: Database Administrator
Key Responsibilities:
- Database administration and support lifecycle
including backup/recovery, automation, maintenance;
- Supporting the development, system test, user
acceptance, training and production database environments;
- Ensure 99% availability maintained for all
databases;
- Ensure 95% of tickets raised are responded to
within the 1st hour of incident reporting;
- Ensure 90% of tickets closure is maintained;
- Identify and implementing Best Practices for
Database Administration;
- Design BCP and HA solutions for critical
systems in order to achieve zero downtime during maintenance and failures;
- Assist Infrastructure, EBU teams and other
Technology teams with hardware and support requirements for database
administration;
- Ensure Conformance to security standards for
databases and data integrity;
- Develop retention policies and architecture
for all systems, whilst maintaining BCP;
- Ensure regular reviews on ILM policies
conducted;
- Ensure dimensioning of systems is done
periodically based on demand experienced and projected;
- Ensure optimal performance of all systems
maintained conforming to the SLA agreements between business and Quality
Assurance.
Role Requirements
- Degree in Computer Science or Technical
related Field;
- With at least 4 years hands on Experience in
Managing large databases;
- Experience in Oracle RAC, Dataguard and RMAN
will be added advantage;
- Certification –OCP DBA; Oracle Apps Systems
Administration; SQL Server Administration.
If you meet the above requirements,
send your CV to ict@careerdirections.co.ke by Jan 7th COB. Indicating the
position applied for
