Database Administrator at Safaricom Kenya

Detailed Description

Reporting to the Database Administration manager planning, the position holder will be responsible for Administration, Performance tuning and 3rd line support of ALL Safaricom Enterprise Database (DB) Systems that include DBs for Oracle e-Business Suite (ERP), Business Intelligence (BI) Systems, CRM, Fraud Management, Revenue Assurance, POS, E-Commerce and all other IT database systems. The databases span from Oracle, MySQL, Microsoft SQL, PostgreSQL, Mongo, Cassandra and cloud related database platforms. 

Key Responsibilities

• Database administration and support lifecycle including backup/recovery, automation, maintenance.
• Ensure 99.99% availability maintained for all critical databases.
• Ensure tickets raised are responded to within the agreed SLA.
• Test BCP and HA solutions for critical systems to achieve zero downtime during maintenance and failures.
• Ensure Conformance to security standards for databases and data integrity.
• Ensure regular reviews on information lifecycle management policies is conducted.
• Ensure optimal performance of all systems maintained conforming to the SLA agreements between business and Quality Assurance. 
• Implement open-source databases as an alternative to existing proprietary solutions. 

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or Technical Related Field.
• With at least 4 years hands on Experience in Managing large databases.
• Experience in NoSQL databases, MySQL, PostgreSQL and other Open Source databases platforms.
• Experience in Oracle RAC, Dataguard, RMAN and Engineered systems.
• Experience in Linux/Unix Operating system.
•  Database Systems Administration Techniques – understanding of DB Performance tuning on various Operating Systems, good troubleshooting skills, Database Migration and ILM techniques.
• Attention to details and analytical thinking.
•  Certifications –OCP, OCE; EXADATA Administration; MSSQL Server Administration; Cloud Databases Administration; Linux/ UNIX certification