Midrand: Database Administrator posted by Network Contracting

Job & Company Description:

I am currently building a pipeline of Database Administrators with proven experience and expertise working with cloud-based data platforms.
If you’re looking to advance your DBA career — this is your chance to work on impactful, data-driven projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and maintain cloud-based and on-premises databases.
• Perform database installations, upgrades, monitoring, and optimisation.
• Implement database security, backups, disaster recovery, and high availability.
• Troubleshoot database issues, ensuring performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Optimise SQL queries, stored procedures, and database structures.
• Maintain documentation, policies, and best practices for database environments.

Job Experience and Skills Required:

Education:

• Relevant Degree or Diploma in Information Technology, Computer Science, or relevant field.

Experience:

• Must have 3+ years’ experience as a Database Administrator.
• Strong experience working with cloud platforms (Azure SQL, AWS RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, or GCP Cloud SQL).
• Proficient in SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle environments.
• Hands-on experience with database performance tuning and optimisation.
• Strong understanding of backups, restores, monitoring, and disaster recovery.
• Familiarity with automation and scripting (PowerShell, Bash, Python, etc.).

Nice to Have:

• Cloud certifications (Azure / AWS / GCP).
• Exposure to Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, ARM, CloudFormation).

Apply now!

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