Intermediate SQL Administrator

About the job Intermediate SQL Administrator

Intermediate SQL Administrator

• Database Administration and Maintenance: Overseeing the installation, configuration, and ongoing maintenance of SQL Server instances, including patching, updates, and regular health checks.
• Performance Tuning and Optimization: Monitoring database performance, identifying bottlenecks, and implementing solutions such as index optimization, query tuning, and capacity planning to ensure efficient data flow and application responsiveness.
• High Availability and Disaster Recovery: Designing, implementing, and managing high availability solutions (e.g., Always On Availability Groups, replication, log shipping) and disaster recovery strategies, including regular backups, restores, and recovery plan testing.
• Security and Compliance: Enforcing database security policies, managing user access and permissions, and ensuring compliance with relevant data security standards and regulations.
• Collaboration and Support: Working closely with development teams, infrastructure teams, and other IT professionals to support application development, data integration, and system upgrades.
• Troubleshooting and Issue Resolution: Proactively identifying and resolving database-related incidents and performance issues, often within defined service level agreements (SLAs).
• Mentorship and Guidance: Providing technical guidance and mentorship to junior DBAs and other team members.
• Strategic Planning: Contributing to the development of database architecture strategies and aligning database management practices with overall business objectives and technology roadmaps.

• Strong problem‑solving and analytical skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities
• High attention to detail and a proactive mindset
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• Solid understanding of database structures, theories, principles, and practices

• Grade 12 / Matric
• BSc Computer Science or similar qualification (advantageous)
• Proven experience in SQL code creation
• Demonstrated process analysis experience
• Solid systems understanding and test experience