Senior Database Administrator

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization seeks a Senior Database Administrator to manage and optimize database environments in Cape Town. Responsibilities include ensuring high availability, performance tuning, and implementing security protocols for databases. Ideal candidates will have in-depth knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server and experience with cloud services and advanced SQL scripting.

Qualifications

• Over 10 years ICT experience, including 7 years database administration.
• Detailed knowledge of DBMS software and advanced SQL scripting capabilities.
• Exposure to cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.

Responsibilities

• Planning, scaling, and optimizing database performance.
• Ensuring database security and high availability.
• Producing reports for stakeholders on performance metrics.

Skills

Database planning

Scaling

Capacity planning

Performance tuning

Troubleshooting

SQL scripting

Cloud exposure (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)

Education

NQF Level 7 in Information Technology

Certification on Microsoft SQL Server

Job description

Job title : Senior Database Administrator

Job Location : Western Cape, Cape Town Deadline : June 28, 2025 Quick Recommended Links

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RESPONSIBILITIES :

Database planning, baselining, scaling and capacity planning .

• Keeping databases in the database environment operating to availability and performance SLAs

Recommending technologies for meeting business and workload requirements.

• New technologies or additions to existing technology stack that improves system or business output
• Defining SLAs for database performance and availability with the business.
• Provide metrics and methods to measure the metrics
• Optimization of database performances through database design, indexing identifications and performance tuning.
• Meet the performance metrics
• Ensure healthy, optimized databases across all environments.
• Troubleshooting database problems and issues

Backup and recovery

• Meet backup recovery time and recovery point objectives
• Security and Access Reviews
• Ensuring database security, high availability, backup and recovery of all databases

Installation and upgrades

• Databases installed as per specifications and standards
• Successful upgrades that produce minimum business downtime.
• Vendors meets the SLA and performance metrics and measure vendor performance

Internal and external Communication

• Produce timeous and accurate reports
• Reporting to internal and external stakeholders on performance of ICT Databases and Data Management.
• Manage technical reporting and escalation.
• Produce timeous and accurate reports
• Resolve escalations within SLA

DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Minimum requirements :

• NQF Level 7 in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field
• Certification and training on Microsoft SQL Server including detailed knowledge of the database and DBMS software, and some programming skills.
• Exposure to at least one major provider : AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
• Advanced SQL scripting capability
• Minimum of 10 years ICT general experience.
• Minimum of 7 years ICT database experience