Job Title: Database Administrator
Hiring Organization: Kenya
Airways
Location – Locality: Nairobi
Location – Region: Kenya
Industry: Airline
Job Type: Full
Time
Salary: KES
Competitive
Date Posted: 03/07/2024
Detailed
Description
Principal Accountabilities (KEY Performance areas):
- Installing
database management systems using best practice.
- Ensure
compliance with license agreements and maintain upgrades and critical
patches.
- Remediate
audit findings.
- Control
access permissions and privileges on databases.
- Monitoring
and managing the high availability components and the underlying
infrastructure for mission-critical databases.
- Performs
database optimization and performance monitoring.
- Define
and ensure integrity of the backups and restore processes in accordance
with the disaster recovery policy.
- Carryout
capacity planning for the enterprise databases.
- Manage
the external (S/W & H/W) suppliers to ensure they meet their SLA ‘s.
- Ensure
standardization and documentation of databases, standard operating
procedures, support techniques, and adherence to defined IT service
management processes to ensure availability and reliability.
- Implement,
document, and maintain database security configurations to ensure database
security and integrity.
- Recommend&
Implement value adding improvement, monitoring, and automation tools to
improve productivity and lower costs.
- Provide
technical expertise and direct support for the planning, coordination, and
implementation of software projects to get the projects delivered in time
and within budget.
Job
Requirements
- Bachelor’s
Degree in IT or related field.
- Good
Database administration knowledge and skills
- Good
Unix/Linux administration knowledge and skills and/or Microsoft Certified
System Engineer
- Certification
in database administration
- Networking
skills
- Basic
hardware knowledge
- Four
(4) years of experience in database administration.
- Additional
Details
- Analytical
Skills
- Drive
and resilience.
- Excellent
knowledge of industry standards, concepts and regulations.
- Strong
analytical, troubleshooting and conceptual skills.
- Knowledge
in working with Oracle Enterprise Manager is