Database Administrator - Cape Town - (open to remote resources) - 12 month contract

SUMMARY:
Database, Administrator, Cape, Town, open, to, remote, resources, 12, month, contract

POSITION INFO:

We are recruiting for a Database Administator for a client of ours with offices in Century City (Open to remote resources). This is a 12 month contract

Job Description

• Install, configure, and maintain open source databases, such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB and MongoDB.
• Develop and implement database backup, recovery, and replication strategies.
• Monitor database performance and optimize database queries to ensure fast and efficient data retrieval.
• Troubleshoot and resolve database related issues.
• Implement database security measures to protect sensitive data.
• Develop and maintain database documentation, including data dictionaries and schema diagrams.
• Collaborate with developers and other stakeholders to identify data storage requirements and provide guidance on data modeling and database design.
• Stay up-to-date with new open source database technologies and incorporate them into the organization's infrastructure as needed.
• Understand the technical landscape and bank wide architecture that is connected to or dependent on the business area supported in order to effectively design & deliver data solutions (architecture, pipeline etc.)
• Translate / interpret the data architecture direction and associated business requirements & leverage expertise in analytical & creative problem solving to synthesize data solution designs (build a solution from its components) beyond the analysis of the problem
• Participate in design thinking processes to successfully deliver data solution blueprints
• Ensure designs & solutions support the technical organization principles of self-service, repeatability, testability, scalability & resilience
• Inform & support the infrastructure build required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading of data from a wide variety of data sources
• Support the continuous optimization, improvement & automation of data processing, retrieval, storage & distribution processes
• Ensure the quality assurance and testing of all data solutions aligned to the QA Engineering & broader architectural guidelines and standards of the organization
• Meaningfully contribute to & ensure solutions align to the design & direction of the Group Architecture & in particular data standards, principles, preferences & practices. Short term deployment must align to strategic long term delivery.
• Coach & mentor other engineers
• Conduct peer reviews, testing, problem solving within and across the broader team
• Build data science team capability in the use of data solutions
• Identify technical risks and mitigate these (pre, during & post deployment)
• Update / Design all application documentation aligned to the organization technical standards and risk / governance frameworks
• Create business cases & solution specifications for various governance processes (e.g. CTO, Architecture and governance approval forums)
• Participate in incident management & DR activity - applying critical thinking, problem solving & technical expertise to get to the bottom of major incidents

Deliver on time & on budget (always)

Background and experience required:

• Bachelor\'s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience as a DBA, with a focus on open source databases.
• Strong knowledge of database design, administration, and optimization techniques.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Knowledge of database backup and recovery, database replication, and database security.
• Strong scripting skills in languages such as Python, Perl, bash or powershell.
• Familiarity with cloud-based database infrastructure, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Must have skills:

• 3+ years of experience as a DBA, with a focus on open source databases.
• Database management tools
• Database Query optimization
• High Availability configuration
• Disaster Recovery Planning
• Monitoring and Alerts on infrastructure & Data change
  working with database software to find ways to store, organize and manage data
• Maintenance and keepin

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