Nairobi, Kenya
Job Description
Detailed Description
Reporting to the Database Administration manager planning, the position holder will be responsible for Administration, Performance tuning and 3rd line support of ALL Safaricom Enterprise Database (DB) Systems that include DBs for Oracle e-Business Suite (ERP), Business Intelligence (BI) Systems, CRM, Fraud Management, Revenue Assurance, POS, E-Commerce and all other IT database systems.
The databases span from Oracle, MySQL, Microsoft SQL, PostgreSQL, Mongo, Cassandra and cloud related database platforms.
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Database administration and support lifecycle including backup/recovery, automation, maintenance.
- Ensure 99.99% availability maintained for all critical databases.
- Ensure tickets raised are responded to within the agreed SLA.
- Test BCP and HA solutions for critical systems to achieve zero downtime during maintenance and failures.
- Ensure Conformance to security standards for databases and data integrity.
- Ensure regular reviews on information lifecycle management policies is conducted.
- Ensure optimal performance of all systems maintained conforming to the SLA agreements between business and Quality Assurance.
- Implement open-source databases as an alternative to existing proprietary solutions.
Qualifications
Qualifications
- Degree in Computer Science or Technical Related Field.
- With at least 4 years hands on Experience in Managing large databases.
- Experience in NoSQL databases, MySQL, PostgreSQL and other Open Source databases platforms.
- Experience in Oracle RAC, Dataguard, RMAN and Engineered systems.
- Experience in Linux/Unix Operating system.
- Database Systems Administration Techniques – understanding of DB Performance tuning on various Operating Systems, good troubleshooting skills, Database Migration and ILM techniques.
- Attention to details and analytical thinking.
- Certifications –OCP, OCE; EXADATA Administration; MSSQL Server Administration; Cloud Databases Administration; Linux/ UNIX certification
How to Apply
If you feel that you are up to the challenge and possess the necessary qualification and experience, kindly proceed to update your candidate profileon the recruitment portal and then Click on the apply button. Remember to attach your resume.
About Us
We are the leading telecommunication company in East Africa. Our purpose is to transform lives by connecting people to people, people to opportunities and people to information.
We keep over 42 million customers connected and play a critical role in the society, supporting over one million jobs both directly and indirectly while our total economic value was estimated at KES 362 Billion ($ 3.2 billion) for the 12 months through March 2021.
We are listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) and with annual revenues of close to KES 298 Billion ($2.5 billion) as at March 2022. We were founded in 1997 as a fully owned subsidiary of Telkom Kenya before a 40 percent acquisition by Vodafone Group PLC in May 2000, and a public offering of 25 percent shares through the NSE in 2008. Under the management of Vodafone Group PLC, we welcomed Michael Joseph, as our first CEO, a few months later in July of 2000.
He led the company’s growth to accommodate 16.71 million subscribers from the previous 20,000, largely owing to innovative products like M-PESA in 2007.