Database Administrator at DIB Bank Kenya Limited (DIBBKE)

Ref. No. IT/DBA/006/20

Key Responsilbilities

• Identifying and resolving complex Database server problems in large banking environments.
• Working on new technology implementation and improving database performance.
• Engaging vendor support as required to resolve complex issues
• Analyzing and improving database performance for key processes.
• Mentoring internal development and support groups on database best practices through one-on-one interactions and general information updates.
• Daily monitoring for database performance, backups & data import jobs consistently responding to developers/project managers our willingness to go the extra mile to respond rapidly to their database issues and provide assistance and problem resolution.
• Enhance, improve & implement Disaster Recovery solutions including designing, configuring and support existing environment.
• Capacity Planning, especially the ability to aggregate day to day challenges into a bigger capacity planning effort.
• Assist IT security in security Challenges and solutions.
• Support for new ongoing project development, testing and deployment.
• To provide support to design, plan & implement Disaster Recovery (DR) for Business-critical Database Servers.
• To setup, maintenance & administration of MS SQL Servers in Production, Staging, Test & Development Environments
• Data Transformation Services configurations and maintenance.
• Establishing the needs of users and monitoring user access and security and controlling database access permissions and privileges
• Keep abreast of latest security, legislation, regulations, advisories, alerts and vulnerabilities and plan proactive actions accordingly.
• Continually monitor security events in the network, take corrective actions and generate reports for management

To provide supporting role to DBA team by:

• Resolving or fixing known issues with the help of documents or online/offline help.
• Performing database monitoring and taking needed corrective actions as per documentation.
• Escalating issues for resolution expeditiously
• Service management (starting or stopping of database and relevant services).
• To provide adhoc support for oracle database related tasks.

All the above accountabilities include but not limited to any additional/new tasks or responsibilities assigned by the line Manager.

Job Specification

Education:

Bachelor of Engineering / Information Science and Engineering or equivalent.

Training/Skills

• Database Management skills.
• Process Management skills.
• Knowledge of Islamic Banking principles and Sharia laws
• Microsoft Certified Professional, ITIL Certified.
• Oracle RDBMS 10g/11g/12c OCP certification and experience.
• Thorough knowledge of MS SQL databases
• Thorough knowledge in SOA, Oracle Fusion Middleware technology including Oracle Form Services, Weblogic, etc.
• Proficiency in SQL, SQL Plus, PLSQLStrong.
• knowledge in SAN, NAS storage systems.
• Must have worked in a Large, complex OLTP High Availability Database environment.
• Proficiency in operating systems Unix, Solaris, Linux.
• Networking skills especially in the area of the Oracle Clusterware and Storage administrator skills for ASM and OCFS2.

Work Experience:

Minimum 4 years in similar role.

Competencies

• Problem Solving.
• Assertiveness.
• Team Orientation.
• Flexibility