Senior Database Administrator

Golden Rule; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 600 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in Johannesburg is seeking an experienced Database Administrator to design, implement, and maintain databases for optimal performance. The ideal candidate has over 7 years of experience in database administration, is proficient in SQL and cloud-based services like Amazon RDS, and understands performance tuning and security best practices. This position offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment focused on data integrity and efficiency.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in database administration with relational databases.
• Expertise with cloud-based database services.
• Strong SQL and database scripting skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain database structures supporting Alchemy and Murex.
• Monitor database performance and implement tuning strategies.
• Document database architecture and enforce standards.

Skills

Database Administration

SQL proficiency

Cloud services (Amazon RDS)

Performance tuning

Data warehousing

Tools

SQL Server

Oracle

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Job description

The Role

The Database Administrator will be responsible for the design, implementation, maintenance and performance optimisation of the company’s databases, particularly those supporting Alchemy and the murex pilot. This role ensures data integrity, availability and efficient data flow.

Key Contributions

Database Provisioning & Configuration (DBA)

• Set up and configure the Database (e.g. Amazon RDS instance or EC2-based database) for the alchemy pre‑production environment.
• Configure database parameters, backups and recovery strategies.
• (if Murex Pilot specific database setup) Support provisioning and configuration for the Murex pilot.

Data Synchronization & Migration

• Design and implement initial data loading and synchronization / replication strategies from existing Alchemy environments to the AWS database.
• Ensure data integrity and consistency ensuring transfers.
• Support data mapping efforts between Alchemy / Company sources and Murex data models.

Performance tuning & Optimization

• Monitor database performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement tuning strategies.
• Optimize queries and database schema for efficiency.

Security and access Management

• Implement database security best practices (e.g. user roles, encryption, access controls).
• Manage database user accounts and permissions.

Troubleshooting & Support

• Provide expert level support for database related incidents and problems.
• Collaborate with application teams to resolve database related issues.

Documentation & Standards

• Document database architecture, configurations and operational procedures.
• Help define and enforce database standards and best practices for the company.

Skills and Experience

• Proven experience (7+ years) as a database Administrator with expertise in relational databases (e.g. SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL)
• Experience with cloud-based database services (e.g. Amazon RDS)
• Strong proficiency in SQL and database scripting
• Experience with database backup, recovery and replication strategies
• Understanding of database performance tuning and optimisation techniques
• Familiarity with data warehousing concepts and ETL processes
• Experience in a financial services environment is highly desirable