Administrator, Database at Standard Bank Group

Job Description

To ensure effective and efficient management and support of Databases which include Oracle, MS-SQL, MySQL, PostGres, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Cloud databases and other the related applications. This also entails analysing, documenting and proposing solutions for bank wide business areas and preparation of both functional and technical database system specifications (FSS and TSS) documents. Focus on database system optimization through analysis and development with respect to the database systems in order to ensure that desired functionality and performance is achieved as required by business. The role is also charged with designing and development of appropriate solutions as required by business to advance tactical and strategic initiatives.

Key Responsibilities 

Ensure availability and performance of the production and test databases that support the core banking application.

• Responsible for ensuring availability and performance of the production and test databases that support the core banking application.
• Work with the team to ensure that the associated hardware resources allocated to the databases and to ensure high availability and optimum performance.
• Responsible for the management and support of data replication solutions with a view of ensuring a consistently efficient backup process which ultimately aids IT efforts of meeting the established Service Level Agreements (SLA) with business.
• Responsible for a problem escalation to third parties as appropriate 

Monitor the database systems to ensure secure services with minimum downtime.  

• To proactively monitor the database systems to ensure secure services with minimal downtime.
• Responsible for providing trend analysis (including capacity and utilisation analysis) to the service management team to enable them to make informed decisions regarding resource management.

Support and maintenance of the production and test databases according to group standards

• Responsible for all platform developments that are aimed at ensuring efficient management and use of the databases and ultimately aid all the application initiatives.
• Responsible for improvement and maintenance of the databases to include rollout and upgrades.
• Responsible for testing all database changes including fixes, patches and upgrades in line with laid down change control policies.
• Responsible for implementation and release of database changes after thorough and comprehensive tests with sufficient engagement with all stakeholders e.g. application and infrastructure teas.
• Planning and budgeting for the purchase of new hardware and software licenses (IT Strategy, end of life, out of warranty)
• Ensure compliance on licensing for all databases through periodic review (half-yearly), proactive resolution of license compliance exposures and to adequately prepare for software maintenance renewals
• Develop business continuity management related strategies for all databases to enable the critical database related services to be available within agreed RTO/RPO
• Infrastructure capacity planning for future business projected growth
• Optimisation of the existing infrastructure to achieve optimal performance
• Participate in IT/Business projects implementation as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualification 

• Type of qualification: First Degree
• Field of study: IT and Computer Sciences

Additional Qualification 

• Oracle certified professional  and Cloud Certification- AWS or Azure

Experience 

• At least 7 years’ experience in design and administration of logical and relational databases or systems analysis required. Proficiency in Oracle versions 12c and 19c, Oracle cloud control and Oracle ASM. Strong understanding of Oracle relational databases, data structures and SQL, MS-SQL , MySQL, PostGres , Azure DB, AWS DB and Oracle Engineered Systems