Job Description

The Database Engineer undertakes complex projects requiring additional technical knowledge and makes decisions on ambiguous administrative and support issues. He/She applies highly developed specialist knowledge and skills in database administration. He/She implements database improvements and is capable of instructing other IT staff in the resolution of most complex issues. He/She is required to be on standby with on-call availability.

He/She is able to quickly and effectively solve issues as they arise. He/She is able to methodically identify the cause of the issue, evaluate it and develop a solution in collaboration with the team. He/She communicates effectively and displays high levels of service standards. Execute Database Administration Service Levels

Monitor database performance and usage, including response times

• Supervise the maintenance of corporate databases including backup, database optimising, re-indexing, initiating recovery procedures and routine troubleshooting
• Communicate regularly with technical, applications and operational staff to ensure database integrity and security
• Design required summary or aggregation tables to support analyses
• Determine the database short- and long-term requirements
• Manage database report production
  

• Advise senior leaders on database concepts and functional capabilities
• Provide technical advice to the team and clients for installation, setup, configuration of databases
• Interpret internal or external business issues and recommends solutions/best practices
• Implement plans to make database available to users in a shared, secure and controlled manner
  

• Lead the development of new databases as per the business requirements
• Design security and data integrity controls
• Conduct new database testing
• Define the database maintenance procedures
• Analyse the use of new databases to identify enhancement needs
• Lead research initiatives for the development of advances and automated approaches for database administration
  

• Seek opportunities to optimise the delivery of database services with emphasis on availability, reliability, scalability, and security
• Conduct regular database audits and maintenance
• Develop automated processes to define, measure, and report on service quality, stability and capacity
  

• Oversee the assessment of risks to databases
• Identify complex database issues to provide advisory to the stakeholders
• Investigate cause of database issues
• Resolve complex issues
• Provide escalation support for issues presented by the user
  

• Possess Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• Possess MSSQL DBA with vast experience in managing production database operations.
• Additional knowledge on Powershell and Ansible is required.