The Role
The Senior Database Administrator designs, implements, and maintains database solutions ensuring data integrity, performance optimization, and security compliance, with active support and troubleshooting responsibilities.
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Job Summary
The Senior Database Administrator will work with the ICT team to assist in the
architecture, design, build and maintain of Databases within IMT Tech Stack.
We are looking for an innovative, tech-savvy Senior Database Administrator to
create and maintain storage frameworks. To this end, the Database
Administrator should elucidate the intended use of each database, proceed to
design appropriate solutions, and then perform the rollout while ensuring high
levels of data availability, security and integrity are attained.
To be successful as a Database Administrator, you should create robust solutions
that are impervious to hacking and other security breaches. A top-notch
Database Administrator will resolve all performance-related issues as they
occur. You should also know how to examine new data system requirements
and implement migration models. The ideal candidate will also have proven
experience in data analysis and management, with excellent analytical and
problem-solving abilities
Responsibilities
- Design and implement effective database solutions, frameworks and
models to store and retrieve Bank’s data.
- Examine and identify database structural necessities by evaluating client
operations, applications, and programming.
- Prepare accurate database design and architecture reports for
management and executive teams.
- Assess database implementation procedures to ensure they comply with
internal and external regulations.
- Prepare accurate database design and architecture reports for
management and executive teams.
- Oversee the migration of data from legacy systems to new solutions.
- Monitor the system performance by performing regular tests,
troubleshooting, and integrating new features.
- Recommend solutions to improve new and existing database systems.
- Maintaining and enhancing the performance of existing database
programs.
- Monitoring databases and related systems to ensure optimized
performance.
- Gathering all salient information regarding the intended functions of each
database.
- Receiving requests pertaining to the layout, appearance, and special
features of each database.
- Designing and creating appropriate frameworks that are sufficiently large.
- Configuring databases such that they are able to withstand attacks and
the loss of information.
- Formulating data dictionaries that are congruent with task specifications.
- Creating technical documents that outline the purpose, capacity, and
guidelines attached to each database.
- Providing practical guidance on the use and migration of each database.
- Writing new support programs and scripts to optimise data storage
capacity.
- Reviewing database and user reports, as well as system information.
- Performing debugging procedures on database scripts and programs, as
well as resolving conflicts.
- Adhering to best practices in securely storing, backing up, and archiving
data.
- Documenting processes related to database design, configuration, and
performance. Manage and perform database purging, backups and
recovery activities.
- Maintain development, test and production database environments.
- Implement and maintain database security standards.
- Provide 24/7 support when required.
- Gathering all salient information regarding the intended functions of each
Keeping abreast of developments and best practices in database
engineering.
Requirements
Knowledge and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Telecoms, Computer Science,
Computer Information Systems, or related field of study.
- Must have professional certifications in Databases OCA, OCP in Oracle
Database 11g or higher
- Proficiency with SQL server and Oracle query scripting.
- Expert Experience in operating Systems; Unix, Linux, Solaris and
Windows.
- Business understanding of systems in banking, and specifically knowledge
of the Core Banking Systems (Finacle 10)
- Strong knowledge in administering Oracle and MS SQL Database
Management Systems.
- Good understanding of DevOps concepts and best practices
- Good Knowledge in the following Microsoft software products: (LDAP,
Active Directory, IIS, DFS, TCP/IP, NFS, SAN and Direct Attached
Storage, High Performance Networking).
- A minimum of Five years' experience in database
engineering/administration.
- Demonstrable experience as a Database Developer. ( Oracle, MySQL,
Postgres, MS SQL, MongoDB)
- Portfolio of previous developments is preferred. ( Oracle, MySQL,
Postgres, MS SQL, MongoDB)
- Experience with Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google cloud)
- Experience with Cloud data warehouses (Snowflake, BigQuery, Synapse
Analytics, Redshift)
- Experience with Hadoop ecosystem (Spark, Kafka, HDFS, HIVE, HBase,
...)
- Knowledge Docker and orchestration platform (Kubernetes, OpenShift,
AKS, Gke...)
- Experience with microservices apps deployment and maintenance.
- Experience with NoSQL DBs' (MongoDB, Cassandra, Neo4j)
- Extensive experience with database technologies and architecture.
- Sound knowledge of best practices in database engineering and data
security.
- Strong understanding of version control (git), branching & merging
strategies, and build setup
- Programming and scripting abilities across a range of languages e.g.
Ruby, Java, Go, Python, NodeJS, Bash, PowerShell etc
- Continuous integration/continuous delivery tools - Jenkins/Jenkins
Pipelines, Gitlab, CircleCI, Sauce Labs, and Nexus
- Understanding of load balancers, application gateways, DNS, virtual
networks and firewalls in cloud environment
- Fintech/Banking processes and application knowledge
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, Telecoms, Computer Science, or related field
- Professional certifications in Databases OCA, OCP in Oracle Database 11g or higher
- Five years' experience in database engineering/administration
- Expertise in SQL Server and Oracle query scripting
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
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