Peoplesoft Applications Database Administrator at Outcor Recruitment

Job description

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Research, design, implement and maintain fit for purpose PeopleSoft solutions, which meets the company’s business strategy and critical outcomes;
• Install, integrate, upgrade and manage PeopleSoft database environments and structures;
• Monitor and evaluate PeopleSoft database environments to optimise performance;
• Plan, organise, test and execute migration of database from development and test to production environments;
• Install and tests itreleases, bundles and fixes; ensure data security protocols are maintained and backup/recovery processes are completed as scheduled;
• Engineer, implement and maintain fit for purpose solutions to support business strategies and outcomes within legislative, governance and good practice requirements;
• Develop, review and improve developers on PeopleSoft application code and security requests;
• Ensure that development standards are followed, application changes are documented and change control procedures are strictly adhered to;
• Lead new database solutions design, development, implementation and integration according to vendor and best practice standards;
• Develop and maintain schematics and other documentation of PeopleSoft Database as well as systems architectures and administration processes;
• Establish and maintain database security parameters in order to protect data from potential theft as well as apply critical patch updates to address security vulnerabilities;
• Innovate relevant technology that improve the effectiveness of ICT operations and the achievement of the company’s vision and objectives;
• Provide specialised technical systems analysis and support to customers ensuring effective internal and external services are delivered.

Requirements:

• A Bachelors degree in information technology or related qualification with at least six years relevant work experience;
• Experience in working together with multiple teams during the design, engineering, implementation and operations phases;
• Must be an Oracle Certified Professional and PeopleSoft Applications Database Administrator Professional;
• In-depth technical knowledge of database solutions and architecture and advanced troubleshooting skills on interdependencies and databases;
• Ability to design, engineer, implement and maintain ERP database services and solutions related to databases;
• In-depth technical knowledge of integration of database solutions and interfaces with Applications, Web services, Middleware, Storage, Operating Systems, Forms, PeopleCode, PeopleTools, BI Publisher, Crystal and Networking;
• An in depth understanding of Data analytics, Information Security, Applications, Operating Systems (Windows and Linux), Middleware and Web services;
• Knowledge and understanding of Linux shell scripting, Windows scheduling, database job scheduling and OEM scheduling;
• Ability to recover IT systems during a disaster recovery testing or real scenario;
• Knowledge of high availability solutions, backup and restore procedures, methods and policies;
• Thorough knowledge of all tiers of an ERP solution, good communication and documentation skills;
• Proficiency in performance tuning and familiarity with Oracle tuning tools like SQL analyzer, Statspack, AWR;
• A valid driver’s licence is a requirement for operational purposes.

Salary is dependent on level of skills, experience and certifications