The Role
Leads the Database Administration team and oversees database availability, performance, security, backup, recovery, disaster recovery, compliance, and capacity planning. The role designs database architecture, troubleshoots complex issues, optimizes queries and systems, maintains documentation and governance, and collaborates with development teams. It also manages team performance, training, mentoring, and operational procedures while supporting high availability and scalable database environments.
Summary Generated by Built In
- Lead the Database Administration team
and provide sound, professional database advice, administration and proactive
maintenance of the company data and database environments.
- Set up procedures to proactively
always monitor all database environments and ensure a minimum of 99.9% uptime.
- Direct all team members on the
most effective steps to resolve issues and escalate extreme cases to the appropriate
OEMs.
- Conduct training for team members
and recommend or nominate team members for relevant training in line with the
objectives of the Database Administration team’s needs.
- Conduct weekly stand-ups and ensure
optimum performance of team members.
- Periodically recommend new
database and data architecture which would yield cost saving and enable increased
growth of the revenue of the organization.
- Ensure periodic security checks on
the database systems to prevent fraud and expose any compromise attempt noticed
on the database.
- Ensure and test performance level
on the databases, and ensure compliance with data protection regulations and industry best practices.
- Plan Business Continuity
operations and Disaster Recovery Operations to meet the required RTO and RPO as
defined by the organization.
- Manage
and maintain databases, ensuring high availability, performance, and
security.
- Design
and implement backup, recovery, and disaster recovery plans, and optimize server databases for efficiency and scalability.
- Troubleshoot
database issues and implement long-term solutions; maintain
database documentation, procedures, and governance policies..
- Collaborate
with development teams to improve database architecture and optimize
queries.
- Monitor
disk usage, system performance, and capacity planning; update
and maintain repositories with database-related code and scripts.
Requirements
- BSc
in Computer Science, Information Technology or any related discipline.
- 7+
years’ experience in Database Administration or a related data role, preferably
within the financial services, technology or fintech industry.
- Experienced
in SSMS, TOAD, Jupyter, Anaconda and other data related tools.
- Microsoft
Certified Professional or Oracle Certified Professional (i.e., Any RDBMS
certified professional certification).
- Experience
in leading a team of database administrators, with problem-solving and analytical
skills, with a strong willingness to learn new technologies.
- Passionate
about Data and Databases with strong data interpretation skills.
- Structured
Query Language skills (SQL), Procedural SQL, TSQL Programming; Python
Programming, Excel Skills, and Bash Scripting.
- Strong
knowledge of database performance tuning, indexing, and optimization
techniques.
- Experience
with backup and recovery strategies, including high-availability solutions.
- Familiarity
with cloud database technologies (Azure SQL, AWS RDS, or Google Cloud SQL) is a
plus.
- Strong
proficiency in Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Ability
to manage multiple priorities, troubleshoot complex data issues, and provide
solutions.
- Excellent
communication, documentation, and leadership skills.
- Strong
problem-solving mindset with the ability to mentor junior database
administrators.
Benefits
Qore provides the rare
opportunity to make history in the financial space for Africa by Africans,
while working with the smartest, brightest & coolest minds in Africa. Our
people & culture team continuously thinks of innovative ways to improve employee
experience and some of the other benefits of working with Qore includes:
- Very competitive and rewarding pay
- Flexible work option (i.e., Remote work)
- Paid Lunch for onsite work
- Lifelong Learnings
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline
- 7+ years of experience in Database Administration or a related data role
- Experience with SSMS, TOAD, Jupyter, Anaconda, and other data-related tools
- Microsoft Certified Professional, Oracle Certified Professional, or another RDBMS certification
- Experience leading a team of database administrators
- SQL, Procedural SQL, T-SQL, Python, Excel, and Bash scripting skills
- Knowledge of database performance tuning, indexing, and optimization
- Experience with backup and recovery strategies, including high-availability solutions
- Familiarity with Azure SQL, AWS RDS, or Google Cloud SQL
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Strong problem-solving, analytical, communication, documentation, leadership, and mentoring skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and troubleshoot complex data issues
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The Company
What We Do
Appzone Group has evolved into Zone, a payment infrastructure company and Africa's leading FinTech disruptor. It provides home-grown software solutions for the financial services industry, focusing on blockchain-enabled payments and digital currencies.
