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Jobs at Safaricom Kenya
Database Administrator
- Job Type Full Time
- Qualification BA/BSc/HND
- Experience 5 years
- Location Nairobi
- Job Field ICT / Computer 
Responsibilities
- Sharing expertise with Squad members and working cross-functionally to advance the work of the Squad
- Design BCP and HA solutions for critical systems in order to achieve zero downtime during maintenance and failures;Â
- Monitoring system performance and identifying problems that arise.
- Responding in a timely manner to user-reported errors.
- Protecting the database against threats or unauthorized access.
- Ensuring that the database is adequately backed up and able to be recovered in the event of memory loss.
- Reporting on metrics regarding usage and performance.
- Suggesting changes and improvements for database maintenance or protection.
- Regularly liaising with IT project managers and database programmers.
- Designing databases with both front-end and back-end users in mind
- Identify and implementing Best Practices for Database Administration in Liaise with vendors
Qualifications
- BSc Degree in computer science, IT or engineering;
- 5+ years’ experience in infrastructure support and/or planning in an environment with mixed Database Variants
- Experience in Nosql databases, Mysql and other OpenSource databases platformsÂ
- Experience in Oracle RAC, Dataguard, RMAN and Engineered systems.
- Experience in Linux/Unix Operating system.
- Database Systems Administration Techniques – understanding of DB Performance tuning on various Operating Systems, good troubleshooting skills, Database Migration and ILM techniques
- Attention to details and analytical thinking.
- Certifications –OCP, OCE; EXADATA Administration; MSSQL Server Administration; Hadoop Administration; Linux/ UNIX certification
- Cloud knowledge and integration models.
- Strong oral, written, interpersonal communication and leadership skills
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