Database Administrator at Watershed Consulting

Job Objectives:

• Installation, support and maintenance of Oracle databases.
• Responsible for ensuring availability and performance of the databases that underpins the core banking, credit lending and payment systems.
• Creating primary database storage structures and objects.
• Modifying the database structure.
• Work with the team to ensure that the associated hardware resources allocated to the databases and to ensure high availability and optimum performance.
• Allocating system storage and planning future storage requirements for all database systems.
• Responsible for improvement and maintenance of the databases to include rollout and upgrades.
• Responsible for implementation and release of database changes as submitted by the development team.
• Installing and upgrading the database, clients and application development programs.
• Implement/ maintain the security policy standards as they relate to database maintenance, security and archiving.
• Review/ recommendation of security standards.
• Monitoring of the databases.
• Proactively monitor and optimize the performance of the database systems to ensure secure services with minimum downtime.
• Controlling and monitoring user access to the database.
• Review and maintain the Disaster recovery for the database environment.
• Ensures procedures and documentation for seamless cutover to disaster recovery are up to date.
• Backups and patches.
• Planning for backup and recovery of the database environment.
• Responsible for installing and maintaining patches and releases.
• Reporting and customer interaction.
• Liaison with customers on calls that are channelled through the IT Service Desk.
• Ensure customer satisfaction before closure of incidents.
• Complete and accurate reporting.
• Responsible for providing trend analysis to the management team to enable them to make informed decisions regarding database resource management.
• Provide relevant technical documentation in relation to database environment.

Qualifications, experience and competencies required:

• Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) database certification is essential.
• Minimum of five years’ experience as an Oracle Database Administrator is essential.
• IT Diploma is essential.
• Working experience within the financial sector will be advantageous.
• Experience of other database environments, preferably Microsoft SQL and Sybase ASE will be advantageous.
• IT Network and Operating Systems knowledge.
• Practical experience in monitoring and tuning oracle database to provide a high availability service
• Practical experience in managing the internal and external Oracle database security.
• Experience working within a 24/7 business environment.
• Practical experience in monitoring and tuning a database to provide a high availability service.
• Ability to communicate across all levels of the business.
• Analytical skills.
• Fundamental Unix and Linux Operating system skills.
• Good track record of dependability, accuracy, loyalty and responsibility.
• Ability to work independently and deadline driven.
• Must be available to be on standby and to work extensive overtime.