Job Purpose Statement

The Databases Administrator role is to design, plan, implement and support the databases in the organisation, and the related infrastructure. The Database administrator should be expert in operating databases in different platforms especially different operating systems, Cloud implementations, Storage platforms, core database platforms. The role should design databases for the required performance, capacity management considerations, and should be capable to align the performance database requirements with the costs in implementing and supporting the platforms.

Key Accountabilities (Duties and Responsibilities)

Database Planning

• Design, and implement organizational database systems to achieve performance and availability targets.
• Develop and implement Capacity management procedures to keep databases within capacity management thresholds

Database Management

• Manage Databases availability, Service Recovery, to ensure projects, incidents; problems are addressed according to defined set of policies, processes, procedures and SLA's.

Database Integration

• Effectiveness of integration of database strategy / blueprint with the bank's business direction

Database Security

• Effectiveness of the databases security (policy, controls and infrastructure) with regard to protection against exposure to and impact of risks associated with data loss, corruption and/or unauthorized access

Database Setup

• Plans, Designs and implements Database projects in accordance with Bank’s requirements and Monitor Capacity/Performance of the group databases to ensure optimum efficiency

Job Specifications

Ideal Job Specifications

Academic:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field.

Professional:

• ITIL, OCA, OCP, OCM, other relevant professional qualifications in IT field would be an added advantage
• Project Management certification and experience is preferred e.g. PRINCE2, PMP

Desired work experience:

• Three years’ experience in databases and storage support on medium to large organizations.
• Working experience in a bank or other financial services organization would be added advantage

• Design, and implement organizational database systems to achieve performance and availability targets.
• Develop and implement Capacity management procedures to keep databases within capacity management thresholds
• Manage Databases availability, Service Recovery, to ensure projects, incidents; problems are addressed according to defined set of policies, processes, procedures and SLA's.
• Effectiveness of integration of database strategy / blueprint with the bank's business direction
• Effectiveness of the databases security (policy, controls and infrastructure) with regard to protection against exposure to and impact of risks associated with data loss, corruption and/or unauthorized access
• Plans, Designs and implements Database projects in accordance with Bank’s requirements and Monitor Capacity/Performance of the group databases to ensure optimum efficiency

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field.
• ITIL, OCA, OCP, OCM, other relevant professional qualifications in IT field would be an added advantage
• Project Management certification and experience is preferred e.g. PRINCE2, PMP
• Three years’ experience in databases and storage support on medium to large organizations.
• Working experience in a bank or other financial services organization would be added advantage