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Database Administrator
Job in
Pretoria, 0002, South Africa
Listed on 2026-01-10
Listing for:
Global Village Worker
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-01-10
Job specializations:
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IT/Tech
Database Administrator, Data Engineer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position Advertised:
Database administrator
Your responsibility as a database administrator (DBA) will be the performance, integrity and security of a database. You'll be involved in the planning and development of the database, as well as in troubleshooting any issues on behalf of the users. You'll ensure that: data remains consistent across the database.
Duties and responsibilities- Configure and maintain database servers and processes, including monitoring of system health and performance, to ensure high-levels of performance, availability, and security
- Manage, create and maintain SQL Reporting Service Reports and ad-hoc reports as requested by the business
- Create and maintain documentation, procedures and best practices for database deployment and maintenance
- Create stored procedures for application programming interfaces (APIs)
- Respond to user reported errors in a timely manner
- Assist developers with complex query tuning and schema refinement
- Monitor systems performance and identifying problems that may arise
- Perform scheduled maintenance and support release deployment activities after hours
- Protect the database from threats and unauthorized access
- Provide technical mentorship and cross-training to other peers and team members
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or other relevant discipline or 10 Years IT experience
- Advanced T‑SQL and Power Shell Scripting skills
- Advanced Microsoft SQL query optimization and index management
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft SQL Reporting Server Reports and Integration Service Packages
- Advanced expertise with replication, log shipping, High Availability and Backup/Recovery
- Advanced SQL Server maintenance/patching mechanics
- Advanced understanding of back end, server, and API development, including application and database/data development and architectures
- Expert in performance tuning and DB optimization using native monitoring and troubleshooting tools
- Experience with one or more NOSQL databases – Elastic, Mongo
DB, Neo4j - Understanding and experience of Microsoft Azure and related SQL services including Azure SQL Managed Instances & Azure SQL Database
- Knowledge of Microsoft Power BI is desirable
- Understanding of Scrum/Agile methodologies is preferred
- Knowledge of ViewPoint Software for Business is desirable
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