Junior Database Administrator

 

Recruiter:

CSG Recruit

Job Ref:

MDWDBA

Date posted:

Friday, February 11, 2022

Location:

CapeTown, South Africa

Salary:

R350k


SUMMARY:
The Junior database administrator will work with a senior database administrator to design database infrastructure and monitor and troubleshoot database systems for our clients within the group.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Duties & Responsibilities

The primary focus of this position is to:

  • Install and setup databases
  • Configure databases
  • Monitor datases
  • Backup and restore databases
  • Ensure all database servers are backed up in a way that meets the business’s Recovery Point Objectives (RPO)
  • Test backups to ensure we can meet the business’ Recovery Time Objectives (RTO)
  • Assist developers with performance tuning
  • Setup and deploy database object change scripts as requested from developers and third party vendors
  • Document the company’s database environment
 

Desired Experience & Qualification

  • 1-3 years DBA experience, previous development experience will be beneficial
  • Good knowledge of database technologies
  • Knowledge of MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server databases will be beneficial
  • Basic knowledge of relational databases

 

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