Database Administrator
Job Ad expires on June 25th, 2025
We are looking for a seasoned database administrator
with a knack for end-to-end proactive database design and management, a gritty
never-say-die doer who relishes challenges, is dynamic, resilient, creative and
highly motivated.
If you are looking for an employer who promotes
individual excellence and mutual respect in a team-driven culture with a key
focus on social empowerment, then the Database Administrator position within
The Co-operative Bank of Kenya, “The Kingdom Bank” is the perfect opportunity
for you to scale new horizons.
The role holder will ensure performance monitoring and
management of database, data warehouse components, Supporting Infrastructure,
and general ICT systems through setting up of optimal performance benchmarks
and the use of modern best practice and appropriate tools to meet business
performance growth demands, ensure system security, business continuity and
competitiveness in product and service development.
The Role
Specifically, the successful jobholder will be required to:
- Monitoring
performance and managing parameters to provide fast query responses to
front-end users ensuring performance of production databases.
- Monitoring
including systems logs, events and event correlation and maintaining
performance statistics and setting baseline statistics.
- Monitoring
and managing the high availability components including RAC, Data guard,
RMAN, ASM and the underlying infrastructure for mission critical
databases.
- Developing,
managing and testing back-up and recovery plans and ensuring that storage,
archiving, back-up and recovery procedures are functioning properly.
- Take
lead role in the various I.T. audits in providing necessary information
and enforcing closure of audit, change management and compliance issues.
- Manage
key I.T. risks for all database systems and ensure proper mitigation.
- Take
lead role in BCP and disaster recovery preparedness through periodic
testing as scheduled and update of disaster recovery procedures and
sharing the results with management.
- Team
up with applications support, development and infrastructure team in the
development, implementation, management applications, infrastructure, and
monitor system health in order to proactively identify weaknesses and
address them.
- Perform
database tasks such as schema design, capacity planning, maintenance,
trouble shooting, and change control activities.
- Considering
both back-end organization of data and front-end accessibility for
end-users and further refining the physical design to meet system storage
requirements.
- Installing
database management systems (RDBMS) using best practice; ensure compliance
with RDBMS license agreements and maintain upgrades and critical patches
- Database
setup, configuration and administration of MYSQL, MSSQL
- Installation
and Administration of SAP HANA databases
- Creating
and maintaining database documentation, including data standards,
procedures and definitions for the data dictionary (metadata) and maintain
all technical documentation relating to database management.
- Communicating
regularly with technical, applications and operational staff to ensure
database integrity and security.
- Perform
under limited supervision, maintain reliability of data and databases, and
assist in developing and implementing standards for database maintenance
and configuration.
Skills, Competencies and Experience
The successful candidate will be required to have the
following skills and competencies:
- Bachelor’s
degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology,
or related discipline, or equivalent.
- 3 -5
years in database technology with experience deploying database and data
warehousing technologies (e.g. High Availability, Real Application
Clusters, ESBU Backups, Partitioning, Oracle DataGuard) in production
environments.
- Oracle
RDBMS 11g/12c OCP certification as well as strong SQL and PLSQL skills
including data warehouse objects such as partitioning and materialized
views.
- Skills
in Oracle RDBMS 19c
- Skills
in Oracle Engineered Systems e.g. Oracle SuperCluster, Exalytics, Exadata
Storage, ZFS storage and SmartScan.
- Skills
in Data Integration, Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, OLAP, and
Data mining as well Familiarity with ICT standards such as ITIL, COBIT.
- Proficiency
in various operating systems like AIX, Solaris, Linux & windows.
- Thorough
knowledge on data profiling, data modeling and data validation and
associated tools; Skills in Database Sizing, Storage, Performance, and
Security Considerations.
- Strong
analytical skills; ability to analyze and correlate complex data and
excellent knowledge on the Oracle Technology stack as well as excellent
knowledge of ICT system architectures, platforms and Infrastructure.
- Ability
to effectively communicate complex technical issues and exhibit a wide
degree of creativity and latitude coupled with the ability to lead and
direct the work of others without the benefit of a direct reporting
relationship as well as the ability to utilize independent judgment and to
support senior managers on operational criticality
- General
awareness of the banking industry ICT operations and security procedures.
How to apply
If you fit the profile, then apply today! Please forward
your application enclosing detailed Curriculum Vitae to jobs@co-opbank.co.ke indicating
the job reference number DBA/IID/2025 by 25th June
2025.
We are an equal opportunity employer.