To manage, monitor and support database systems and ensure their availability, performance, security and consistency in order to support the mission critical business applications

Education and Experience required:      

• IT degree or equivalent   Industry accreditation preferred
• 6 years working experience within the IT industry.
• 4 year experience in accessing Oracle databases.
• 3 years working experience as an Oracle operational DBA within a large complex corporate environment.
• Understanding of Operating system concepts.

Skills and Competencies

• ICT industry trends and technology  - Essential
• Oracle Database architecture  –Essential
• Osy Hardware Concepts–Essential
• Operating systems knowledge-Essential
• Database theory-essential
• Database security knowledge-Essential
• Backup and recovery strategy knowledge-Essential
• Disaster recovery knowledge-Essential
• Database analysis and design-Essential
• Performance and tuning-Essential
• Application design/analysis-Desirable
• Network knowledge– Desirable
• Shell scripting / programming-Essential
• Trouble shooting–Essential
• Database analysis and design-Essential
• Analytical thinking and problem solving-Essential
• SQL coding-Essential
• Performance tuning-Essential
• Monitoring and Event Management-Essential
• Analysing-Essential
• Delivering Results and Meeting costmer Expectations-Essential
• Planning and Organising-Essential
• Applying Expertise and Technology-Essential
• Adhering to Principles and Values-essential
• Coping with Pressures and Setbacks-Essential
• Creating and Innovating-Desirable
• Working with People-Desirable
• Entrepreneurial and Commercial Thinking-Desirable
• Learning  and Researching-Desirable
• Deciding and Initiating Action Desirable
• Formulating Strategies and Concepts-Desirable
• Adapting and Responding to Change-Desirable
• Writing and Reporting-Desirable
• Following Instructions and Procedures-Desirable

Key areas of responsibility:

• To implement and configure vendor related software and Oracle database software.
• To perform database monitoring and notification to ensure optimal data access, to support business database applications in line with contractual agreements.
• To perform database tuning to ensure system functions at optimal levels.
• To deploy maintenance tool sets and schedule database maintenance tasks.
• To troubleshoot database errors and provide solutions to support business when required.
• To give input to and implement operational and business strategies, industry best practices and ensure necessary ITO governance is in place.
• To perform a database consultation role and provide design solutions to Business Development and Service Management to support initiatives when required for current and future projects.
• To be an integral part of the disaster recovery (DR) team which designs, performs and documents disaster recovery procedures.
• To service all incidents, changes and requests and ensure that SLAs are met. 
• To enforce security standards to prevent data being compromised and to maintain database integrity.
• To provide managerial reports of database utility, capacity and utilisation in order for them to make informed decisions.
• To maintain relationships with suppliers for incident handling.