Jobs at Safaricom Kenya

Responsibilities

• 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;
• 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
• Attention to details and analytical thinking.
• Certifications –OCP, OCE; EXADATA Administration; MSSQL Server Administration; Hadoop Administration; Linux/ UNIX certification
• Cloud knowledge and integration models.
• Strong oral, written, interpersonal communication and leadership skills

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Key Responsibilities

• 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
• Attention to details and analytical thinking.
• Certifications –OCP, OCE; EXADATA Administration; MSSQL Server Administration; Hadoop Administration; Linux/ UNIX certification
• Cloud knowledge and integration models.
• Strong oral, written, interpersonal communication and leadership skills