Closing Date
2025/09/02
Reference Number
SAS250819-1
Job Title
Database Administrator
Job Type
Permanent
Division
Business Change and Technology
Department
Applications
EE Occupational Levels
Level 6: Specialists
Location - Town / City
Johannesburg
Location - Province
Gauteng
Location - Country
South Africa
Job Advert Summary
The primary role of the Database Administrator (DBA) is to ensure that data is available, structured, protected from loss and corruption, and easily accessible. The DBA will be expected to manage, maintain, and secure data in one or more data systems to ensure that users can perform business-related analyses. This role will be responsible for data storage, display, utilisation, and analysis (on premise and on MS Azure).
Minimum Requirements
Qualifications
Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or IT relevant Degree- Microsoft certified Database Administrator (Added Advantage)
- Cloud Certification (Added Advantage) and Relevant Database certificates
Experience
Minimum of 5 year’s proven MS SQL Database Administration- Minimum of 2 years Microsoft Synapse experience
- MySQL experience (added advantage)
Duties and Responsibilities
Database Installations
Collaboration on the initial installation and configuration of a new databases either SQL/ MYSQL or Azure.- Installation and configuration of database related software.
- Handling of data transfer from the existing system to the new platforms / cloud.
- Manage and maintain SFTP server and application.
Database Maintanance
Manage SQL, MySQL and Azure Server databases to support various applications during projects and production.- Manage Synapse and Power Bi.
- Maintenance of database servers and updating of processes/SOPs.
- Ensure high levels of performance, 97% availability and sustainability.
- Ensure that databases logs are tracked, issues are resolved on time.
- Works closely with IT Project Managers, Business Analysts, Enterprise Architects, Suppliers, Infrastructure team and development teams.
- Provide support to Application Productions team, Application Developers and Infrastructure team.
- Participates in the configuration, tuning and troubleshooting of the databases in use in Development, QA and Production.
- Performs backup recovery through restore testing and ensure databases are backed up accordingly.
- Participates in IT patch management to mitigate any application risks and remediate database vulnerabilities.
- Provide support for business-critical systems; and perform scheduled maintenance and support release deployment activities.
- Analyse and optimize database queries and indexing strategies.
Database Security
Ensure potential weaknesses are identified and addressed for all on premise and Azure databases.- Implementing best practices to minimise risks.
- Ensuring that there are audit logs should there be any security breach.
- Recommend best security practices for Databases to achieve business objectives (in line best practice and regulations), advises on risk assumptions for any variances granted, and provides alternatives to achieve desired end results.
Monitoring and reporting
Database Performance monitoring and resolution implement and maintain storage, archiving,
- Monitor database health and its performance on regular basis.
- Produce reports on various database e.g., capacity, availability, jobs run etc.
- Provide Business Intelligence (BI) Dashboard support.
- Provide necessary support for business Intelligence function through access management.
- Conduct regular performance audits and provide recommendations.
- Monitor Azure resource and Synapse costs.
Policy Holder Data Acquisition
Support business with Policy Holder Data acquisition programme by ensuring data is collected and availed for reporting purposes.- Provide support for Policy Holder Data to enable business for data management.
Research and continuos improvement
Research, identify and recommend database improvements.
Adhoc tasks
Tasks allocated by management and any initiatives driven in IT department to support the Strategy.
We are committed to Employment Equity when recruiting internally and externally. It is company policy to promote from within wherever possible. Therefore, please be aware that internal candidates will be considered first before reviewing external applicants, provided that this supports achievement of our Employment Equity goals.
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