The Position:
Technology
Infrastructure department oversees planning, deployment and operation of
state-of-the-art infrastructure services that include server, storage, network,
databases, and cloud that support mission critical services for the Bank.
The role holder will
provide expertise required for planning, implementation, and operations of the
Bank’s Oracle Database Systems. The environment is composed of many Oracle
databases running on Oracle Engineered Systems that support mission critical
business services.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for support of Oracle database systems
including but not limited to availability, performance, and reliability of
database systems.
- Responsible for interfacing with application development
teams to ensure applications fit within the Oracle database systems with
scalability, reliability and security designed and implemented from the
onset.
- Perform database performance analysis, tuning,
capacity planning, system sizing and ongoing maintenance to ensure maximum
performance.
- Implement database backup and recovery strategies
that meet KCB’s recovery and availability requirements.
- Setup and document database related processes and
procedures for Business Continuity.
- Recommend best practices and ensure they are
implemented and incorporated into DBA procedures.
- Diagnose and solve complex problems including
non-functional problems such as performance issues with Oracle Engineered
Systems by identifying workarounds and driving resolution.
- Provide technical guidance for design,
development, integration, and testing of production Oracle databases.
- Responsible for ensuring conformance to security
standards for all Oracle databases.
- Design BCP and HA solutions for Oracle database
systems to achieve required uptime SLA for mission critical applications.
Qualifications
For the above position,
the successful applicant should have the following:
- Bachelor’s degree in ICT related field or
Electrical Engineering from a recognized university.
- Certification in Oracle – Oracle Certified
Professional (OCP) is required; Oracle Certified Master (OCM) is
preferred.
- 10 years’ experience in Information Technology
with at least 7 years’ experience in database management in environments
with Oracle RAC, Dataguard, RMAN and Exadata Engineered Systems.
- Experience in Opensource SQL database (MySQL/Maria
DB, PostgreSQL) an added advantage.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
How to Apply
The above
position is demanding role for which the Bank will provide a competitive
remuneration package to the successful candidate. If you believe you can
clearly demonstrate your abilities to meet the criteria given above, please log
in to our Recruitment portal and submit your application with a detailed CV.
To be considered your
application must be received by
Friday, 30th July 2021.
Qualified candidates
with disability are encouraged to apply.
Only short-listed
candidates will be contacted.
