Database Administrator at The Shoprite Group of Companies

This position involves researching, evaluating and recommending NoSQL database management products available in AWS, Azure and Google cloud platforms. The person will also have to do daily operational support of these databases as well as engage with developers to gain an understanding of their requirements and propose appropriate database management technologies.
The ideal candidate would have a Grade 12 Qualification. An Industry Certification: AWS Associate Architect and Developer certificate  would be advantageous. He/She would have 3+ years Managing all aspects of NoSQL database management systems from installation, configuration, backup management and security; 3+ years Experience working with services in AWS; 3+ years Exposure to one or more Apache Software Foundation Big Data & Database projects such as Cassandra, Hadoop, Hbase, MongoDB; and 3+ years Proficient with some of the common developer tool sets such as Java, XML, JSON, REST, Shell, Perl and Python. You are also required to have 4+ years General understanding of database management concepts.