Qualification:

• First Degree (Second Class minimum) or HND (Upper Credit) in Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, or any related course

Experience:

• 4 years of hands-on experience with Database Administration

Certifications

Below certifications will be an advantage

• MCSE DBA
• Oracle Associate or its equivalent

Job Objective(s)

• Perform technical and administrative oversight of all the database management systems as acquired by the bank in a cost-effective manner.
• The Database Administrator’s role is to design, install, monitor, maintain, and carry out performance tuning of production and test databases while ensuring high levels of data availability.
• This individual is also responsible for developing, implementing, and overseeing database policies and procedures to ensure the confidentiality, Integrity and availability of databases.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Monitors databases for availability.
• Performs maintenance and housekeeping operations on Oracle and or MSSQL databases.
• Performs database backup and restore.
• Performs performance tuning of Oracle and or MSSQL databases.
• Installation, configuration and upgrading of (DBMS) Database Management System, e.g. Oracle, MSSQL and MYSQL server software and related products.
• Evaluate DBMS features and related products as used by the Bank.
• Establish and maintain sound backup and recovery policies and procedures.
• Take care of the Database design and implementation.
• Implement and maintain database security (create and maintain users and roles, assign privileges).
• Make exception reports to management on database related issues.
• Interface with relevant OEMs – Oracle Corporation, Microsoft for technical support on database related issues.
• Respond to and resolve database access and performance issues.
• Monitor database system details within the database, including stored procedures and execution time, and implement efficiency improvements.
• Plan and coordinate data migrations between systems.

Experience / Skills

• Strong understanding of database structures, theories, principles.
• Working technical experience with designing, building, installing, configuring and supporting databases
• Working technical experience with database administration tasks such as database implementations, backups, and account maintenance.
• Working technical experience with administering database platform specific advanced features – clustering, RAC, logical/physical standby, replication.
• Hands-on database tuning and troubleshooting experience.
• Good understanding of the organization’s goals and objectives