Database Administrator I at Nedbank

Job Purpose

• To ensure the installation; design; configuration; upgrade; administration; monitoring and maintenance of databases and associated software products in support of operational systems and the development environment. To ensure the integrity; reliability; efficiency and security of enterprises data.

Job Responsibilities

• Install upgrade and patch Db2 on Linux or Unix operating systems
• Create, configure, stop and start Db2 instances
• Create and configure Db2 client instances and ensure connections are configured to the database server.
• Grant revoke or modify Db2 database access to users and/or groups
• Create and configure Db2 databases.
• Create, modify definition of tables, indexes and other Db2 database objects.
• Understand the various Db2 database backup option and be able to take backups and restoring them when required.
• Assist with basic performance and tuning of the database
• Use monitoring tools to identify simple performance problems in the database.
• Write and automate scripts to do various maintenance tasks. (Either Shell scripts,  Ansible, Chef or Python)

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate

Essential Certifications

• IBM Certified Database Associate – DB2 11.1 Fundamentals for LUW

Preferred Certification

• IBM Certified Database Administrator – DB2 11.1 for Linux UNIX and Windows

Minimum Experience Level

• 2- 4 years exposure to IT environment with some DBA knowledge
• Any experience in other Database management systems such as Postgres, Mariadb/mySQL or other would be valued.

Type of Exposure

• Achieved transformation and innovation results
• Designed Workforce Planning Solutions
• Established regulatory monitoring)
• Executed Workforce Planning Deliverables
• Managed Internal Processes

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Data analysis
• Microsoft Office
• Relevant regulatory knowledge
• Business writing skills
• Information Technology concepts
• System Development Life cycle(SDLC)
• IT Concepts
• DBA Principles and Admin Concepts
• Information management
• Specific technology of relevant to domain