Senior Database Administrator
Umhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
ZAR 500K-650K (estimate) Senior-level Full Time
Tasks
- Assist with data modeling and data architecture
- Conduct capacity planning for high availability systems
- Develop and maintain database automation scripts using Python PowerShell and SQL
- Ensure database availability integrity reliability resilience
- Identify performance bottlenecks investigate root causes recommend improvements
- Implement database security best practices access controls and data protection
- Install configure maintain support SQL Server PostgreSQL
- Maintain data warehouse processes and reporting database requirements
- Manage ETL processes for reporting and data movement
- Manage database upgrades patching maintenance windows
- Manage production disaster recovery development testing environments
- Monitor database health availability performance capacity
- Perform database backups restores recovery and disaster recovery support
- Perform query tuning database optimization indexing and maintenance plans
- Support Apache Airflow workflow scheduling and orchestration
- Support Kafka real time data movement
- Support data extraction, transformation, and loading
- Support database compliance audit governance and operational risk
- Troubleshoot database incidents resolve operational issues
Perks/Benefits
- Access to discounted amenities
- Discounted grocery staples
- Employee wellness resources
- Financial wellness support
- Health insurance
- Mental health counselling
- On-site pharmacy
- On-site restaurants
Skills/Tech-stack
Access Control | Apache Airflow | Capacity Planning | Data Warehouse | Database Backup | Database Restore | Database security | Disaster Recovery | ETL | Indexing | Kafka | Linux | Performance Tuning | PostgreSQL | Powershell | Python | Query Tuning | SQL | SQL Server | Windows server
Education
N/A
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