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Applications Database Engineer at Absa Bank, Kampala, Uganda

Absa Bank

Applications Database Engineer at Absa Bank, Kampala, Uganda

Absa Bank

Full time Job

Date Posted: March 13, 2025

Application deadline:

March 21, 2025 5:00pm

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Job description

Database Management & Administration:

  • Install, configure, and maintain database systems (e.g., SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL).
  • Monitor database performance and implement necessary improvements for optimal speed and efficiency.
  • Ensure regular database backups and data recovery in case of system failure.
  • Implement and maintain database security policies to safeguard sensitive data.

Data Integrity & Security:

  • Perform regular database audits to identify and mitigate potential risks.
  • Implement encryption and other security measures to protect data.
  • Enforce user access controls and monitor user activity for compliance with company policies.

Database Optimization:

  • Analyze and optimize queries, indexing, and database design to improve performance.
  • Fine-tune database performance for high-availability systems, ensuring minimal downtime.
  • Ensure efficient data storage and retrieval, reducing redundancy and improving data access times.

Support & Troubleshooting:

  • Provide support for database-related issues, resolving technical problems efficiently.
  • Assist in troubleshooting and resolving issues with database connections, performance, and backups.
  • Work with other teams to implement database solutions for business applications. Documentation & Reporting:
  • Maintain accurate and up-to-date documentation on database configurations, processes, and maintenance schedules.
  • Provide regular reports on database performance, security, and backups.

Collaboration:

  • Collaborate with software developers, data analysts, and IT teams to ensure the databases support business applications.
  • Participate in project planning for database-related projects, including migrations, upgrades, and data integration.
  • Performs any other work-related tasks as may be allocated through the department leadership.

Experience and Qualifications:-The successful candidate must have experience in, and be able to -:-

  • At least 3 + years of experience in a similar DBA role, in a sizeable organization with a global footprint (1000+ employees), which provides a functional and serviceable platform for the business, across multiple hardware and software platforms.

Experience in UNIX systems administration.

  • Strong knowledge of database management systems (DBMS) such as SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL.

Exposure to the Banking/ ICT Industry

  • A good understanding of technology strategic issues in the banking or financial services sector
  • ITIL V2/V3 experience
  • Communicate effectively with business analysts, project leadership, architects, developers and others across the organization
  • Work collaboratively across the business and IT communities by working cooperatively with others to accomplish department and project objectives
  • Be seen as a team player that exhibits critical thinking and confidence and has credibility across the project team
  • Thin/Slim client technologies, Desktop hardware and associated peripherals.

Preferred / Advantage

  • Certifications in Database Management in any of the following (Oracle Certified Professional, Oracle Certified Associate, Oracle Database 19c Data Guard Administration, Microsoft SQL Server certification) is highly desirable.
  • Experience in database backup, restore, and disaster recovery processes.
  • Familiarity with cloud-based database services (e.g., AWS RDS, Azure SQL).
  • ITIL certification.
  • Knowledge of database security practices, including access control, encryption, and auditing.
  • Experience with database performance monitoring tools (e.g., SQL Profiler, Oracle Enterprise Manager).

Application deadline:

March 21, 2025

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