Database Administrator

Background

Job Title: Database Administrator

Department: ICT

Reports To: Senior Database Administrator

Job Purpose

To manage and maintain enterprise databases ensuring performance, availability, and security.

Key Responsibilities

• Database installation and maintenance
• Performance tuning and monitoring
• Backup and disaster recovery implementation

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 2–3 years’ relevant experience.
• A professional certification in database administration or related areas, such as Oracle Certified Professional (OCP), Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate, Microsoft SQL Server certification, or equivalent, is an added advantage.
• Proven hands-on experience in administering, monitoring, tuning, and securing enterprise databases such as Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, or similar platforms.
• Strong experience in database backup, recovery, replication, high availability, disaster recovery, and performance tuning.
• Demonstrated experience in system landscape management, including development, quality assurance, and production environments.
• Good knowledge of operating systems supporting SAP environments, especially Linux/Unix and Windows Server, as well as virtualization and infrastructure dependencies.
• Good understanding of system security, access management, audit readiness, logging, and compliance controls in enterprise environments.
• Experience with monitoring tools, job scheduling, root-cause analysis, and documentation of standard operating procedures.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder support skills.
• Good communication skills and ability to work with technical teams, business users, vendors, and project teams.
• High level of integrity, attention to detail, and ability to work under pressure in a mission-critical environment.

Competencies

• SQL and Oracle expertise
• Database optimization