Senior SQL Database Administrator at Datacentrix

Senior SQL Database Administrator

Datacentrix is currently in a process in recruiting for a Senior SQL Database Administrator to be responsible for the provision of day-to-day database administration and support in a large corporation with a multiple database environment, including resolution of database problems, data backup and restore, and the production of database performance statistics. Includes the installation, configuration, upgrade, administeration, and monitoring of databases and associated software products, in support of operational systems and the development environment.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee the maintenance, configuration, and implementation of everything that has to do with databases.
• Respond to and resolve database access and performance issues.
• Performance troubleshooting with recommended improvements.
• Design and implement redundant systems, policies, and procedures for disaster recovery and data archiving to ensure effective protection and integrity of data assets.
• Monitor, optimize and allocate physical data storage for database systems.
• Plan and coordinate data migrations between systems.
• Perform database transaction and security audits.
• Establish appropriate end-user database access control levels.
• Develop routines for end-users to facilitate best practices database use.
• Provide solution to any complex IT related challenges in the organization
• Benchmark, analyse and test new technologies.
• SQL flavour requirements, upgrades and downgrades (Enterprise through to Express).
• Data and/or server migrations.
• High Availability assessments and best-fit application (AOHA and Failover).
• Disaster recover assessment and best-fit application (AOHA, log shipping, mirroring and replication)
• SQL patching and Rollup installations and planning.
• enterprise integrations with SXi and other vendors
• Evaluate new software releases and products.
• Ensure regular updates, plan future rollouts.
• SQL server configuration for Data Warehousing and capacity planning.
• Backup and recovery strategies (PIT and PID, Restore point objective and restore time objective).
• Database hardware requirements (Capacity Planning).

Qualifications and Experience Required:

• Matric
• MCSE - Certified Solutions Expert.
• Certified Solutions Associate: SQL Server
• Certified IT Professional: Database Administrator
• 4-6 years experience
• Microsoft SQL server
• strong communication skills in order to delegate work goals and facilitate the
• Creation and implementation of databases.
• Recommended but not required: Structure Query language. Database Analyses and Design(Entity–relationship, Normalization) 

Should you meet the requirements for this position, please apply via LinkedIn  or email your Updated CV to [email protected]