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DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR
DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR
Category: IT Company: SAFARICOM KENYA
Posted on: Mar 24, 2025 2 weeks ago
Description

Key Responsibilities:

  • Ensure databases comply with security best practices and data integrity standards.
  • Ensure regular reviews on information lifecycle management policies is conducted.
  • Ensure optimal performance of all systems maintained conforming to the SLA agreements between business and Quality Assurance.
  • Implement open-source databases as an alternative to existing proprietary solutions.
  • Collaborate with developers, DevOps, and infrastructure teams to improve database efficiency and reliability.
  • Automate database administration tasks using scripts and other automation tools.

Role Requirement and experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical field.
  • At least 4 years of hands-on experience managing large-scale database environments.
  • Hands-on experience with replication, clustering, sharding, and high-availability configurations. 
  • Familiarity with on-premises and cloud-based database services (AWS RDS) 
  • Attention to details and analytical thinking. 
  • Knowledge of automation and scripting using Bash, Python, or Ansible for database administration. 
  • Design and implement conceptual, logical, and physical data models based on business requirements. 
  • Optimize data movement across systems while ensuring data integrity and minimal redundancy. 
  • Administer, manage, and monitor databases across development, test, stage, and production environments
  • Implement high-availability solutions, replication, encryption, and disaster recovery strategies for PostgreSQL databases. 
  • Work extensively with PostgreSQL in AWS, ensuring scalability, security, and performance optimization. 
  • Setup and administration of MySQL database for both production and testing on a larger or small scale. 
  • Setup and administration of Microsoft SQL server databases in a large scale (Version 2014, 2016, 2019, and latest).
  • Setup and administration of Mongo Server database(Production and test in Small Scale). 
  • Setup and administration of PostgreSQL databases in large/small scale.(Replications/Switchovers).

Preferred Skills and Certifications:

Cloud Certification 

  • AWS certified professional. 

Operating System Certification 

  • Linux Professional Institute Certification  
  • Proficiency in data analysis techniques, statistics, and machine learning methodologies.

Method of Application

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