Cape Town: Senior SQL Database Administrator posted by Goldman Tech

Job Description:
We have an amazing opportunity for a Senior SQL Database Administrator in Cape Town!

We require a candidate with:
• A relevant 3-year Information Technology Degree or Diploma
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in a similar role
• Monitor performance and manage parameters to provide fast query response to front-end users
• Continuously consider both back-end organization of data and front-end accessibility for end-user
• Maintain data standards, including adherence to the POPI Act
• Troubleshoot and resolve the following problems: database integrity, performance, blocking and deadlocking, replication, log shipping, connectivity and security problems
• Communicate regularly with technical, applications and operational staff to ensure database integrity and security
• Control access permissions and privileges
• Develop, maintain, perform, and test database backup and recovery strategies and procedures
• Ensure that storage, archiving, back-up and recovery procedures are functioning correctly
• Monitor database capacity
• Provide proactive performance monitoring, and capacity planning for future database and server growth
• Monitor capacity and performance, troubleshooting, and proactively resolving a wide variety of problems
• Maintenance and monitoring of MSSQL, MySQL environments
• Monitor and complete all DBA related Service desk calls
• Improve business efficiency
• Develop and maintain best practices database documentation
• Research, and evaluate new databases trends and technologies and provide best practices and recommendations

Should you meet the requirements for this position, please email your CV to *****@*****.co.za. You can also contact Daniela on (***)***-**** or alternatively you can visit our website www.********.co.za

Should you not hear from us within 3 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.
Education: Degree/Diploma
Experience: 10+ years
Reference: SQLDB