Principal Database Administrator: Business Modernisation at Statistics South Africa June, 2026

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Posted: Jun 15, 2026

Deadline: Jun 29, 2026
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Statistics South Africa is the national statistical service of South Africa with the goal of producing timely, accurate and official statistics, in order to advance economic growth, development and democracy. To this end, Statistics South Africa produces official demographic, economic and social censuses and surveys.

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Principal Database Administrator: Business Modernisation
- Job Type Full Time
- Qualification Bachelors
- Experience 5 - 7 years
- Location Gauteng
- Job Field Data, Business Analysis and AI , ICT / Computer
key Performance Areas
- Refine database design and architecture
- Maintain and upgrade database/application servers
- Deploy approved changes and resolve complex issues
- Resolve application/database issues
Prerequisites
- A Bachelor’s degree/ NQF 7 in Information Technology (IT)/ Computer Science/ Information Systems.
- Training in Agile Software development methodologies, ITIL/ COBIT certification, DevOps, Database certificate, Project Management.
- At least 5 – 7 years’ experience in practicing database administration and design in the general software development lifecycle
- Training in solution architecture and design, Application of agile software development methodologies
- Knowledge of Data modelling/processing, End-to-end technology, data and applications operations, Understanding of Technology trends
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