Senior Database Administrator (SDBA)

at  Assupol

FORMAL EDUCATION:

IT related degree/diploma
Microsoft Certification (MCSA – Database Development & Administration)

Experience:

• IT experience: 7 years
• DBA: 3-5 years
• Project Management 2 years (advantage)
• Insurance industry experience: 2 – 3 years (advantage)
• Cloud computing with SQL Server: 2-3 years (advantage)

Work Level
Skilled
Job Type
Permanent
Salary
Market Related
EE Position
No
Location
Menlyn

• Installation, configuration and upgrade of DBMS
• Implement database security policies, data encryption, account management and access control
• Ensure that database activities are monitored, to detect (and prevent) unauthorized activities and/or data breaches
• Design, develop, and implement databases in collaboration with development team
• Design and implement high availability and disaster recovery (HADR)
• Database risk and security management
• Change control between environments
• Perform regular backups of data and recovery and ensure data integrity.
• Enforce standards, policies & procedures relating to data
• Perform requests for the import and export of data
• Check & test performance, indexes and best practice
• Monitor and optimize database performance, tuning, storage management and allocating resources
• Update data base dictionary documentation
• Analyse, design and integrate data from all systems
• Plan, analyse and design involvement in all data conversions
• Provide 3rd line support where needed
• Plan, analyse, design & test adhoc project initiatives
• Interact with project owners and management, drive critical project and product trade-off decisions
• Monitor Service Desk queue and manage incidents, requests and problems experienced with systems, within agreed SLA
• Conduct research and make recommendations on DB products, services, and standards in support of procurement and development efforts
• Monitor DB growth and research alternative archiving and storage solutions
• Provide budgeting needs to Management
  Requirements