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The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) was established by an Act of Parliament, Chapter 469 of the laws of Kenya , which became effective on 1st July 1995 . The Authority is charged with the responsibility of collecting revenue on behalf of the Government of Kenya. A Board of Directors, consisting of both public and private sector experts, makes policy decisio...
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Department: Corporate Support Services
Division: Information and Communication Technology
Supervisor: Assistant Manager – DBA
Supervisee: Officers – Database Administration
Job Summary:
This role is responsible for installation, configuration, operation and maintenance of databases
Key Responsibilities:
- Undertakes planning for database installations.
- Installs, deploys and configures database setups and software platforms
- Monitors database systems performance and address potential issues to ensure services are available
- Carries out database changes and updates during deployments of application releases
- Performs backups and recovery of data in case of incidents
- Implements relevant updates and patches and service packs on databases from time to time
- Implements procedures that will sustain database security
- Ensures optimal utilization of the system resources
- Executes all database system level changes (e.g., initialization parameters)
- Maintains documentation for all database instance parameters and system settings
- Maintains consistent database parameters and system settings across all like instances according to the approved development-to-quality assurance - to-production life cycle
- Executes database data definitions for applications and developer schemas
- Administers appropriate database management tools across all database instances
- Performs appropriate database sizing activities and interface with Third Parties as required
- Provides technical assistance and subject matter expertise to applications developers and Third Party vendor support
- Executes data extraction for reporting as per user request
Academic Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Information Technology, Electrical / Electronic Engineering, Telecommunications or any other IT related field.
Professional Qualifications
Required Certification
- Certification in Database administration (Oracle & Postgres)
- Red Hat/Unix/Linux Certified Systems Administrator/Microsoft Certified Engineer
The following certifications will be an added advantage:
- COBIT 5
- ITIL
- PRINCE2
- Web Application Servers i.e. Tomcat and JBOSS, Web Logic
Relevant Work Experience Required
- Have at least three years (3) years hands-on experience in RDBMS installation, tuning and troubleshooting in a busy environment.
- Have at least three (3) years working experience in Unix and Windows operating systems in a busy environment
Skills Required:
- Ability to manage enterprise databases on RDBMS like Oracle, Postgress, MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server.
- Demonstrate ability to diagnose and performance tune databases for optimal performance
- Experience in Programming/scripting languages such as SQL, PL/SQL
- Ability to install and configure Linux/ Windows installations,
Key Competencies
- Excellent listening and communication skills
- Ability to interact confidently with users to establish what the problem is and explain the solution
- Be proactive with good analytical and problem solving skills
- Ability to manage a team
- A Team player
- Ability to pay attention to details
- Ability to prioritize competing work commitments and deliver on time
- Passion for innovation and creativity
- High levels of integrity
- Ability to work under minimum supervision
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