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  • Posted: May 3, 2024
    Deadline: Not specified
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  • Established in 2010, Betting Entertainment Technologies set its objective to provide quality products through excellence operations while maintaining a strong level of customer intimacy. Focusing on service delivery and meeting the needs of the dynamic gaming industry, Our Software engineers work as a team to develop dependable software systems with a high d...
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    DBA Technical Lead – CPT

    We Want You:

    Are you passionate about database administration and ready to lead dynamic teams? BET Software is seeking a skilled DBA Technical Lead to join our vibrant teams in Durban and Johannesburg. As a Technical Lead, you'll collaborate closely with the Team Lead to plan, design, and execute technical solutions. If you're ready to drive projects to excellence, embrace technological innovation, and make a significant impact, this is your chance to shine. Apply now and embark on a rewarding journey with us.

    You Bring:

    • 5-7 years’ experience in a commercial environment utilizing a high transaction database.
    • 5+years’ experience in PostgreSQL/MS SQL - all aspects.
    • Advanced SQL skills and query writing skills.
    • Advanced troubleshooting SQL skills.
    • Optimise queries and database performance through indexing, query tuning, and appropriate database configuration settings.
    • Support to PostgreSQL/MS SQL DBA team in a 24/7 production shift work environment.
    • Expertise with Postgres system metrics and optimisation strategies.
    • Experience with PostgreSQL/MS SQL performance tuning, replication, clustering, and disaster recovery solutions.
    • Great communication skills and a passion for both teaching and learning.

    What You’ll Do:

    Technical Leadership

    • Provide technical leadership to the team through collaboration sessions and knowledge sharing initiatives.
    • Engage regularly with software architects in order to ensure the development within the team is according to architectural guidelines.
    • Work with other DBAs/developers, and architects to make sure that the solutions meet application requirements and performance goals.
    • Ensure checked-in code is reviewed to ensure standards are met and the code base is sound.
    • Ensure that all technical solutions that are rolled out consider compatibility with other environments and dependencies; have a high usability factor; are reliable to reduce down time and perform at maximum efficiency during peak periods of usage; consider security at its highest level (third party attacks; data protection etc).
    • Drive the adoption of processes within the team which consider and meet the expectations of technical throughput rates and responses; processing times; effective resource utilisation during operation and where the system or solution ensures maximum operational capacity requirements are met.

    Quality of Software Implementation

    • Ensure rigorous testing of any solution before deployment and create standards and processes within the team to align to these.
    • Ensure the delivery of a complete and technically appropriate solution which covers all the agreed specified tasks and user objectives and has been tested thoroughly.
    • Ensure relevant documentation is provided to support teams to reduce development support load.
    • Where possible work to develop and implement a quality mechanism for the solution to analyse its own faults and provide reports prior to a critical failure.
    • Develop the solution in a manner which supports modification for future DBAs thereby reducing the numbers of defects or negatively affecting system quality.

    Initiative and Innovation

    • Recommend and implement emerging database technologies.
    • Implement improved processes that have a positive effect on the team’s performance and company bottom line.
    • Take an active involvement in problem resolution and where necessary works after hours to ensure that problems are resolved.
    • Shows foresight to prevent errors or delays in projects.
    • Demonstrate initiative by understanding, acquiring and implementing new knowledge and skills both within team and to the wider group.
    • Incorporates the new abilities into the day to day operational activities to improve performance of products and systems.
    • Ensure techniques, technologies, tools and processes used are in line with industry best practices.

    Knowledge Share

    • Identify team members requiring a specific knowledge, skill or understanding and seek ways to impart or upskill the team members through coaching and mentorship.
    • Verify the knowledge has been imparted successfully and if not, take steps to rectify gaps in transfer of the knowledge.
    • Provide technical guidance to the team through collaboration sessions and knowledge sharing initiatives.

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    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to BET Software on betsoftware.simplify.hr to apply

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