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Database Administrator - 5 Position(s).
Position Title:Database Administrator
Number of Positions :5 Positions
Duty Station: Kampala
Organization:Q Sourcing
Employment Type:Full Time Permanent
Career Level: Skilled Education
Job Type: Information Technology & Management
Salary: Negotiable
Application Deadline:February-16-2015
Organizational Profile:
Q Sourcing is an East African human resource consulting and outsourcing
company, combining unparalleled experience and expertise across business
functions. Our client is looking for A database administrator between the age
of 25 and above to work in their Kampala head Office.
Summary of the work
Provide Administration and maintenance of databases in the company in a 24
x 7, 99% uptime environment.
Main Tasks:
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Responsible for the installation,
configuration and maintenance of the organizations databases.
·
Maintain, tune and patch
databases for optimum performance and security.
·
Designing, implementing and
testing of new databases.
·
Participate in the design of new
databases with consideration to your expertise.
·
Ensure changes are planned and
implemented in a sound low risk manner with minimal system outages.
·
To prepare and maintain key team
support documents.
·
Provide on-call support and
participate in 24 x 7 roster rotation groups.
·
Assist Service Management and
Application teams in solving problems.
·
Provide solutions architecture
advice (where qualified / experienced to do so).
·
Provide Technical Project
Management (where experience and asked to do so).
·
Provide support for costing
solutions (hardware, software, and implementation labour), where experienced
and / or being coached in doing so.
·
Escalate problems and concerns to
the manager.
·
Monitoring the backups on the
Oracle databases.
·
Performing database recovery
tests with existing backups
·
Network backup monitoring.
·
Oracle Database licensing
Database security and integrity of Data.
Key Qualifications/Experience
A Bachelor’s degree in IT or
related field. OR equivalent qualification
Oracle, SQL administration
certifications (Added advantage).
At least 2 yrs+. administrative
experience with clustered databases.
Competencies
·
Proficiency in working in a
redundant 24 x 7 high availability environment.
·
Proficiency in backup
technologies, preferably EMC
·
Ability to perform calmly but
efficiently and logically under stressful environments.
·
Ability to use rman for database
backup and recovery.
Mode of application:
Only candidates who meet the minimum criteria outlined as above are invited
to send a comprehensive CV by e-mail to recruitment@qsourcing.com.
Note:
Kindly mark your application as "Application _ Coordinator, Corporate
Communications" in the subject line of your email.
The applications should reach the above address by 5:00 pm on 2015-02-16
Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
