About the job
Database Administrators are responsible for the management and maintenance of company databases. Their duties include maintaining adherence to a data management policy and ensuring that these essential pieces of equipment are functional.
Responsibilities
You’ll ensure that:
- data remains consistent across the database
- data is clearly defined
- users access data concurrently, in a form that suits their needs
- there is provision for data security and recovery control (ensuring all data is retrievable in an emergency).
- establish the needs of users and monitor user access and security
- monitor performance and manage parameters to provide fast responses to front-end users
- map out the conceptual design for a planned database
- consider both back-end organization of data and front-end accessibility for end-users
- refine the logical design so that it can be translated into a specific data model
- further refining the physical design to meet system storage requirements
- install and test new versions of the database management system (DBMS)
- maintain data standards, including adherence to the Data Protection Act
- write database documentation, including data standards, procedures and definitions for the data dictionary (metadata)
- control access permissions and privileges
- develop, manage and test back-up and recovery plans
- ensure that storage and archiving procedures are functioning correctly
- carry out capacity planning
- work closely with IT project managers, database programmers and multimedia programmers
- communicate regularly with technical, applications and operational staff to ensure database integrity and security
- commission and install new applications and customize existing applications in order to make them fit for purpose
- manage the security and disaster recovery aspects of a database.
Qualifications
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- computer science
- computer software and computer systems engineering
- electronics
- information technology
- mathematics
- operational research
- Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) – Data Platform or Business Intelligence
- IBM Certified Database Administrator
- Oracle Database Certification.
How to Apply
interested candidates should send their resume to [email protected]
