Purpose of the job:
Responsible for supporting the Oracle databases and ensuring their performance, availability, and security.
Job Objectives:
- Installation, support, and maintenance of Oracle databases.
- Responsible for ensuring the availability and performance of the databases that underpin the core banking, credit lending, and payment systems.
- Creating primary database storage structures and objects.
- Modifying the database structure.
- Work with the team to ensure that the associated hardware resources are allocated to the databases and to ensure high availability and optimum performance.
- Allocating system storage and planning future storage requirements for all database systems.
- Responsible for improvement and maintenance of the databases to include rollout and upgrades.
- Responsible for implementation and release of database changes as submitted by the development team.
- Installing and upgrading the database, clients, and application development programs.
- Implement/maintain the security policy standards as they relate to database maintenance, security, and archiving.
- Review/recommendation of security standards.
- Monitoring of the databases.
- Proactively monitor and optimize the performance of the database systems to ensure secure services with minimum downtime.
- Controlling and monitoring user access to the database.
- Review and maintain the Disaster recovery for the database environment.
- Ensures procedures and documentation for seamless cutover to disaster recovery are up to date.
- Backups and patches.
- Planning for backup and recovery of the database environment.
- Responsible for installing and maintaining patches and releases.
- Reporting and customer interaction.
- Liaison with customers on calls that are channeled through the IT Service Desk.
- Ensure customer satisfaction before the closure of incidents.
- Complete and accurate reporting.
- Responsible for providing trend analysis to the management team to enable them to make informed decisions regarding database resource management.
- Provide relevant technical documentation in relation to the database [URL Removed] experience, and competencies required:
- Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) database certification is essential.
- A minimum of five years’ experience as an Oracle Database Administrator is essential.
- IT Diploma is essential.
- Working experience within the financial sector will be advantageous.
- Experience in other database environments, preferably Microsoft SQL and Sybase ASE will be advantageous.
- IT Network and Operating Systems knowledge.
- Practical experience in monitoring and tuning Oracle databases to provide a high availability service.
- Practical experience in managing the internal and external Oracle database security.
- Experience working within a 24/7 business environment.
- Practical experience in monitoring and tuning a database to provide a high availability service.
- Ability to communicate across all levels of the business.
- Analytical skills.
- Fundamental Unix and Linux Operating system skills.
- Good track record of dependability, accuracy, loyalty, and responsibility.
- Ability to work independently and deadline-driven.
- Must be available to be on standby and to work extensive overtime.
Desired Skills:
- Oracle Certified Professional
- Oracle Database Administrator
- Oracle
- Financial Sector
- Microsoft SQL
- Sybase ASE
- IT Network and Operating Systems knowledge
- Fundamental Unix and Linux Operating system skills
Desired Qualification Level:
- Diploma