Enterprise Database Server Administrator at Discovery Limited

Key Purpose

• To Service & Support the Discovery Business in a 24-hour operation by maintaining the availability and performance of the enterprise Database infrastructure systems in accordance with the business Service Level Agreements

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

• Operational user requests
• Account creations and management thereof
• Change Management - Implementation of infrastructure changes to business system servers
• Patch Management, OS upgrades etc.
• Server/system administration
• Good trouble shooting skills and working with Vendor support to resolve if required
• Server setup and deployment
• Monitoring of system availability and utilization and reporting thereof
• Monitor system performance continuously throughout the environment and identify any potential threshold breach- with corrective escalation management procedures to be followed.
• Ability to commission new servers
• Projects
• Involvement with basic tasks of project work.
• Project scoping and planning

Personal Attributes and Skills

• Values Driven
• Optimistic
• Learns on the Fly
• Resilient
• Instils Trust
• People Savvy
• Drives Results
• Problem Solver

Education and Experience

• Oracle Solaris Advanced Administration
• Linux Intermediate Administration
• Oracle Solaris Administration (3 – 5 years)
• RHEL Administration (3 – 5 years)