Database Administrator at PayFast

About the team
The DBA space is young and looking to expand. Our team is dynamic and works in all spheres of the business, focusing mainly on the health of the systems. We are a bunch of fast thinking, solution driven individuals, with a passion to squeeze the best performance out of a system under constant pressure.

About you
You’d love working with us If you thrive working in a fast-paced environment helping meet the demands of our rapid growth. You will be involved in expanding our existing payment platform and supporting software and building new and exciting features and applications relating to payments, online commerce, fraud detection and security. 

You’ll fit in perfectly with our culture if you:

• Get energised by a fast-paced environment
• Cherish a good work-life balance
• Are adaptable and don’t mind a bit of chaos now and again
• Regard collaboration as an essential part of getting the job done
• Pride yourself as being a self-starter who doesn’t lack motivation
• Don’t need to be micromanaged
• Take feedback well and use it for self-improvement
• Welcome change and new ideas
• Value the importance of diversity

What you'll be doing

• Assist with the creation, deployment and maintenance of databases in both development
  and live service environments.
• Clear and timely communications (verbal and written) to colleagues.
• Assist colleagues in achieving agreed service standards by maintaining database services to
  the required operational levels
• Ensure that team processes and standards are adhered to accurately to ensure that the expected levels of service quality and performance are maintained.
• Analyse information flow and recommend appropriate technology to provide support to all business processes
• Perform regular database maintenance activities by following internal processes (data loads, data fixes, schema updates, database copies, software installs/upgrades/patches etc)
• Plan own time so that delivery targets are met
• Create and maintain procedural documentation
• Monitors server and instance activity and ensures efficient access to data, working with data analysis and database design functions where appropriate
• Undertakes regular exercises to optimize database information and application queries
• Ensure backup is carried out as per plans
• Performance troubleshooting

What you'll need

• Minimum 3 years of IT operations with strong understanding of database structures,
  theories, principles, and practices, using MSSQL, MySQL, and/or No-SQL databases
• Knowledge of reporting and query tools and practices
• Strong technical documentation skills
• Working with AWS Services, or any Cloud based solutions
• Degree or professional qualification/certificate or equivalent knowledge and skills
• Ability to work in a rapidly changing environment
• Able to work effectively in a team environment