Database Administrator - Pretoria Verfied

Salary Negotiable Pretoria, Gauteng Pretoria, Gauteng more than 14 days ago 09-11-2017 11:20:02 AM
04-01-2018 11:20:02 AM
Our client is an intelligent solutions company with solid expertise in their industry. They have a vacancy for a Database Administrator. The successful candidate has to have at least 3 years of database administration experience including:
• database architecture strategy development and implementation
• database performance monitoring and tuning
• management of high-availability operational databases
• Experience in performance testing, Tuning, Query Optimization,
using Performance Monitor, SQL Profiler and other related
monitoring and troubleshooting tools
• Experience in troubleshooting and resolving database integrity
issues, performance issues, blocking and deadlocking issues,
replication issues, log shipping issues, connectivity issues, security
issues etc.
• Strong Knowledge of backups, restores, recovery models, database
shrink operations, DBCC commands, clustering, database mirroring,
replication
• Solid acquaintance with windows server, security delegation, SPNs,
storage components

Requirements:
Matric and a relevant tertiary qualification required
• BSc/MSc in Computer Science, Engineering, MIS or equivalent
advantageous. Experience will be considered in lieu of a degree
• Role-related certifications preferred (e.g. MCSE, MCSD)
Excellent database design, development and administration skills in a
Microsoft SQL Server environment, including:
o Microsoft SQL Server 2014 (other DB products advantageous)
including ETL, SSIS, SSRS, SSAS
o best practice database design and refactoring skills
o experience in working with very large databases (multiterabyte)
o backup, recovery and performance tuning
o stored procedures and T-SQL
o database security
o knowledge of business intelligence and data warehousing
technologies preferable
• Good verbal and written communication skills