Safaricom is the leading provider of converged communication solutions in Kenya. In addition to providing a broad range of first-class products and services for Telephony, Broadband Internet and Financial services, Safaricom seeks to uplift the welfare of Kenyans through value-added services and support for community projects.
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Sharing expertise with Squad members and working cross-functionally to advance the work of the Squad
Design BCP and HA solutions for critical systems in order to achieve zero downtime during maintenance and failures;
Monitoring system performance and identifying problems that arise.
Responding in a timely manner to user-reported errors.
Protecting the database against threats or unauthorized access.
Ensuring that the database is adequately backed up and able to be recovered in the event of memory loss.
Reporting on metrics regarding usage and performance.
Suggesting changes and improvements for database maintenance or protection.
Regularly liaising with IT project managers and database programmers.
Designing databases with both front-end and back-end users in mind
Identify and implementing Best Practices for Database Administration in Liaise with vendors
Qualifications
BSc Degree in computer science, IT or engineering;
Must have technical / professional qualifications:
BSc Degree in computer science, IT or engineering;
5+ years’ experience in infrastructure support and/or planning in an environment with mixed Database Variants
Experience in Nosql databases, Mysql and other OpenSource 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
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