Description:
A leading financial services firm is seeking a skilled Intermediate Database Administrator to join their IT team. This role focuses on ensuring the performance, integrity, and security of critical database systems. If you have strong SQL, database tuning, and scripting experience, then this is a great opportunity to work in a regulated environment and grow your DBA career.Qualifications & Skills:
- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- Minimum 3 years proven experience managing database systems
- Proficiency in SQL programming and database performance tuning
- Familiarity with database security, backup, and recovery best practices
- Experience with Windows-based systems; Linux knowledge is beneficial
Requirements:
- Hands-on experience automating tasks using PowerShell or similar scripting tools
- Ability to install, configure, maintain, and optimize database systems
- Knowledge of disaster recovery and data archiving strategies
- Strong problem-solving and teamwork skills
- Excellent communication skills for engaging technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience in financial or regulated industries is a plus
KPAs:
- Install, configure, and maintain database environments securely and reliably
- Monitor and tune database performance to optimize efficiency
- Collaborate with Developers to deploy scalable and robust database solutions
- Develop disaster recovery and data archiving procedures
- Automate deployment and administrative tasks via scripting
- Analyze, clean, and visualize data to support business insights and decision-making
- Document configurations, policies, and best practices
Apply now!
30 Jul 2025;
from:
gumtree.co.za