Database Administrator Fixed Term (Fixed Term Contract - 12 Months)

Bidvest Bank; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

Bidvest Bank is seeking a Database Administrator to design, plan, configure, support, secure and maintain the availability, integrity and performance of the bank's databases environment. You will manage changes across environments and ensure backups and replication align with disaster recovery and business continuity requirements.

In this role you will collaborate with project teams to move towards High Availability, manage access, and document procedures, while adhering to ITIL change

Qualifications

• Minimum two years of experience as a Database Administrator.
• Experience in financial services is preferred.
• Educational qualifications include IT diploma or degree and relevant certifications.

Responsibilities

• Manage Bank database servers, storage, databases and capacity.
• Collaborate with project teams to deploy robust, highly available deployments.
• Implement Disaster Recovery and business continuity plans.
• Develop and enforce database policies and procedures.
• Document changes to procedures and manage database access.

Skills

MS SQL Server

SQL Server in Azure

ITIL

Education

National Diploma in Information Technology

BSc Degree in Information Technology

Microsoft and/or other Database Certifications

Job description

Role Purpose

Design, Plan, Configure, Support, Secure and Maintain the availability, integrity and performance of the Bank's databases environment.

Manage all database changes in all environments.

Ensure that the database environments are adequately backed up and replicated to ensure limited impact in the event of a failures and to ensure that we can achieve the Disaster recovery and business continuity requirements.

To succeed in this role you will need:

Technical Competencies

• Microsoft SQL server
• SQL server in Azure
• ITIL (Change Management, Service Delivery, Service Level Agreements)

Minimum Education

• National Diploma in Information Technology and / or BSC Degree in Information Technology
• Microsoft and / or other Database related Certifications

Minimum work experience

• Minimum 2 years in Database Administration
• Financial Services experience

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION

• Quality of work delivered to both internal and external stakeholder.
• Level of satisfaction by customers (internal/external).
• Improve processes or solve problems with enhancements to current processes or create new solutions.

OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE

• Management of the Bank Database servers, storage, databases, and capacity
• Collaborate with project teams and deliver robust deployments aiming to move to High Availability
• Disaster Recovery
• Policies and procedures
• Documentation and changes to procedures
• Database access management
• Database access management

PEOPLE AND LEADERSHIP (Talent management)

• Take ownership for driving own career development.
• Knowledge sharing.
• Number of leadership engagements and effectiveness

This position is advertised in line with our commitment to Employment Equity.