Database Administrator at Old Mutual South Africa

Job description

Key focus of the role:

This role supports, maintains and develops databases and their applications to support the systems, testing, QA and production environments. The incumbent is individually accountable for achieving results through own efforts.

Role Description

• Database Design and Maintenance
• Supports, maintains and develops databases and their applications to support the systems, testing, QA and production environments.
• Refines design to meet system storage requirements.
• Refines 'logical' design so that it can be translated into a data model.
• Works closely with IT project managers, architects, database programmers and development teams.
• Establishes user needs, meets their access requirements and resolves their problems.
• Participates in the configuration, tuning and troubleshooting of the databases in use in Development, QA and Production.
• Performance monitoring and resolution.
• Implement and maintain storage, archiving, backup and recovery procedures function correctly.
• Performs backup, recovery and maintenance of databases.
• Participates in patch applications and upgrades.
• Adhere / implement Old Mutual governances and standards.
• Produce reports on various database states.
• Implementation of projects and standby.
• Documentation Development & Maintenance
• Writes database documentation, including data standards, procedures and definitions for the data dictionary.
• Personal Effectiveness
• Accountable for service delivery through own efforts.
• Individually accountable for managing own time, tasks and output quality for periods of 1 day to a maximum of 3 months.
• Makes increased contributions by broadening individual skills.
• Collaborates effectively with others to achieve personal results.
• Accepts and lives the company values.
• Quality Management
• Maintains data standards, including adherence to the Data Protection Act.
• Monitors performance and makes recommendations.
• Communicates regularly with technical, applications, and operational staff, to ensure database integrity and security.

Qualifications and experience:

Role Requirements;

• Matric & Tertiary qualification (degree/diploma) in Computer Science, Information Systems.
• Microsoft certified Database Administrator.
• 6+ years’ proven MS SQL Database Administration, Management, Tuning & Optimisation, Security and trouble-shooting experience.
• MS SQL 2008 to current experience.
• Proficient technical and design knowledge regarding SQL databases and data warehousing.
• Knowledge of VMWare servers, Tableau, GEO Coding, TFS/GIT, MS BI Suite (SSIS, SSRS, SSAS) advantageous.
• Knowledge of Oracle databases advantageous.
• Knowledge of programming advantageous.
• Competencies
• Collaboration (Relating)
• Customer First
• Execution
• Innovation (Perspective)
• Leading with Influence
• Personal Mastery (Learning)
• Strategic