Senior SQL Database Administrator

Job Description

We have an amazing opportunity for a Senior SQL Database Administrator in Cape Town!

We require a candidate with:

• A relevant 3-year Information Technology Degree or Diploma

• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in a similar role

• Monitor performance and manage parameters to provide fast query response to front-end users

• Continuously consider both back-end organization of data and front-end accessibility for end-user

• Maintain data standards, including adherence to the POPI Act

• Troubleshoot and resolve the following problems: database integrity, performance, blocking and deadlocking, replication, log shipping, connectivity and security problems

• Communicate regularly with technical, applications and operational staff to ensure database integrity and security

• Control access permissions and privileges

• Develop, maintain, perform, and test database backup and recovery strategies and procedures

• Ensure that storage, archiving, back-up and recovery procedures are functioning correctly

• Monitor database capacity

• Provide proactive performance monitoring, and capacity planning for future database and server growth

• Monitor capacity and performance, troubleshooting, and proactively resolving a wide variety of problems

• Maintenance and monitoring of MSSQL, MySQL environments

• Monitor and complete all DBA related Service desk calls

• Improve business efficiency

• Develop and maintain best practices database documentation

• Research, and evaluate new databases trends and technologies and provide best practices and recommendations