AWS DBA
Job in
Johannesburg, 2000, South Africa
Listed on 2025-11-24
Listing for:
iOCO Pty Ltd
Full Time
position Listed on 2025-11-24
Job specializations:
-
IT/Tech
Database Administrator, Data Engineer, Cloud Computing, IT Consultant
Job Description & How to Apply Below
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior SQL Consultant / DBA to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in SQL Server administration and performance tuning
, with proven experience across cloud environments
, particularly AWS
. You will play a key role in ensuring the stability, performance, and scalability of our clients’ database environments, while contributing to architecture, migration, and modernization initiatives.
- Administer, maintain, and optimize Microsoft SQL Server environments (on-prem and cloud).
- Perform database design, performance tuning, backups, restores, and security management.
- Support and maintain MySQL database environments.
- Implement and manage database solutions on AWS (RDS, EC2-hosted SQL, etc.).
- Contribute to migration, replication, and high availability projects.
- Collaborate with developers and infrastructure teams to improve database efficiency.
- Provide expert consultation and troubleshooting for database performance issues.
- 5+ years’ experience as a SQL Server DBA or Database Consultant.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft SQL Server (2016 and newer).
- AWS knowledge and experience are compulsory (RDS, EC2, backups, monitoring).
- Hands‑on MySQL DBA experience is compulsory.
- Experience with database monitoring, automation, and scripting (Power Shell, T‑SQL, etc.).
- Sound understanding of backup strategies, indexing, partitioning, and replication.
- Solid troubleshooting skills and ability to work in high‑availability environments.
- Exposure to Azure SQL, Postgre
SQL, or other database engines. - Experience with Dev Ops and Infrastructure‑as‑Code (IaC) in database deployments.
- Knowledge of ETL processes, data warehousing, or cloud migrations.
- Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
- Excellent communication and client engagement abilities.
- Self‑driven, detail‑oriented, and able to work independently or in a team environment.
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