Description : DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR. Company : Secondments Recruitment. Location : Pretoria, Gauteng

Job Advert Summary

Our client is looking for a Database Administrator To conduct day-to-day database operation of the organization's and its compliant with relevant regulations, and optimising it for better performance.

Minimum Requirements A relevant Degree in Information Technology or a relevant NQF level 7 equivalent
qualification

• User Support – minimum three (3) year experience.
• Database Installations, configurations and maintenance – minimum three (3) year

experience.

• Backup and recovery – minimum three (3) year experience.
• Database programming - minimum three (3) year experience.
• Database performance optimisation – minimum three (3) year experience.
• Database security – minimum three (3) year experience.
• Data Migration – minimum one (1) year experience.
• Capacity planning – minimum one (1) year experience.
• Technical writing – minimum one (1) year experience.
• Compliance and regulations – knowledge of applicable standards and data laws and

regulations (e.g. POPIA).

• Data governance - knowledge of data governance principles and concepts.
• Project management – knowledge of project management concepts, techniques and

principles.

• Data lake administration- knowledge of administering the data lake platform is an

advantage. Duties and Responsibilities User Support – provide support to users who may encounter issues emanating from the
database.

• Database Installations, configurations and maintenance – install database

management systems and configure databases as per the design.

• Backup and recovery – implement defined backup and recovery plans to ensure that the

databases and systems can be recovered quickly in the event of disaster or disruptions.

• Database programming - proficiency in writing T-SQL queries to support business

operations.

• Database performance optimisation – ensure optimisation of database performance

and maintain high level of availability ensuring the systems are accessible to the users
when required.

• Database security – implement defined database security controls, security policies and

procedures.

• Data Migration – migrate data between diffferent data sources and ensure data quality,

integrity and curated data are implemented successfully.

• Capacity planning – provide input into planning for future growth to meet increasing

demands.

• Technical writing – maintain existing technical documentation and related technical

specifications. Provide input into the policies, procedures, etc.

• Compliance and regulations - Ensure compliance with the policies, processes,

procedures and applicable standards and data laws and regulations (e.g. POPIA).

• Data governance - understanding of data governance principles and concepts.
• Project management – adherence to project management standards and techniques.
• Data lake administration- administering the data lake platform.
• Cloud database administration – administering cloud-based database management

system.