Principal ICT Officer, Database Administration at The Open University of Kenya

The Duties And Responsibilities Shall Include But Are Not Limited To:

• Design, develop, test, train and maintain scalable and efficient database storage solutions in line with emerging trends and best practices in database development and administration.
• Perform database monitoring, tuning, and performance optimization to ensure availability and performance of all database applications meet the recommended service levels.
• Develop technical solutions and new security tools to help mitigate database security vulnerabilities and automate repeatable tasks in the database administration.
• Perform regular security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions to avert data integrity compromise by ensuring that all databases and database servers within the University and the cloud are Secure.
• Perform regular database backup operations and implement appropriate strategies processes for data protection and disaster recovery procedures.
• Formulation of technical and managerial reports to support university management in decision on matters pertaining to data, systems and projects.
• Maintain documentation of data storage and operational procedures as per industry best practices.

For Appointment To This Grade, One MUST Have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Telecommunication engineering or a related field from a recognized University.
• Professional Certification:
  • Database administration certification (Professional level)
  • Oracle Certified DBA or Microsoft Certified DBA or IBM Certified DBA or other relevant DBA professional certification 
  • Systems administration certification:
    • Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) or Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) and Certified Linux/Unix Administrator  
  • Any additional relevant ICT certifications.
• Minimum of three (3) years proven hands-on experience administering enterprise level databases in a high-availability network environment and, supporting private & public cloud computing infrastructure, resources, services, Storage and virtualization infrastructure.
• Competencies and Attributes
  • Experience with administration of windows and Linux/Unix server operating systems, enterprise databases backup and recovery procedures.
  • Knowledge of security approaches within cloud and data center infrastructure
  • Experience with Virtualization platform (VMware or  Proxmox or others)
  • Experience with Infrastructure performance monitoring tools.
  • Experience in project management, application design and integration, and cloud computing 
  • Proficiency in open-source database engines and tools.