Database Administrator (2 Positions) at National Medical Stores

Job Title:                    Database Administrator

Reports to:                  Senior Database Administrator

Job Grade:                  NMS Grade 06

Job Purpose:               Responsible   for   supporting   the   Senior   Database Administrator to ensure availability, stability, access, functionality and usability of all NMS database

management systems.

Responsible for:             None

ACCOUNTABILITIES

1. Installation, Maintenance, Capacity Planning, Performance Management and Tuning of all database management systems.
2. Data extraction, transformation, loading and specialized handling
3. Database Backup, Testing, Archiving, Restoration and Disaster Recovery Implementation
4. Database Security, System and User Access Management/Authentication
5. System Troubleshooting, Knowledge Transfer, Training and Preparation of Technical Reports.
6. Provide  technical  support  for  Projects,  Software  Development,  Core Systems (ERP) and IT helpdesk.
7. Identify any risks noted during execution of duties and formally report to the immediate supervisor.
8. Any other duties that may be assigned by the supervisor

QUALIFICATIONS

• A minimum of an Honor’s Bachelor’s degree in either Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Data Science, Information Technology and Computing, Management Information Systems, Statistics with Computing Option, or Mathematics with Computing Option or any related field.

WORK EXPERIENCE

• At least 2 years in an IT environment of a busy Corporate Organisation
• Demonstrated experience in any of or a combination of the following: MySQL Database Administration, Oracle Database Administration, Microsoft SQL Server Administration, IBM DB2, Postgres/Enterprise DB
• Experience with ERP systems such as Microsoft Dynamics, SAGE, SAP, Oracle, IFS etc shall be an added advantage

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• Self-drive and accountability
• Problem solving
• Operational excellence
• Teamwork
• Agility and attention to detail
• Planning

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