Database Developer / Administrator - Cape Town Verfied

Salary Negotiable Cape Town, Western Cape Cape Town, Western Cape more than 14 days ago 09-11-2016 3:00:45 AM
07-12-2016 3:00:45 AM

Job Description

(Duties are expected to include, although not limited to)

  • Development, Administration, Report Writing/ETL and Data Analysis
  • 24/7 support of production database services to ensure the highest standards of availability, resilience, integrity, security and performance required by our business systems
  • Performance monitoring, reporting and tuning of Postgres/MySQL databases and/or any future systems.
  • Management and maintenance of backups & recovery procedures working closely with DevOps
  • Assisting DevOps: Installation and maintenance of database servers, replication and client environments
  • Reviewing and tuning of reports and stored procedure code
  • Security and access control working closely within Company and industry security guidelines.
  • Provision of support and assistance to development team in the design, development, testing, tuning and implementation of database applications
  • Creation and maintenance of SQL queries and routines working with Software Developers.

Requirements

  • Length of experience required is 3 years
  • Proficient in Java in a Linux ecosystem
  • Proficient in SQL
  • Debugging/Profiling
  • Testable code practices
  • Version Control
  • SOA environment experience advantageous
  • Linux command line

Candidate Criteria

  • This job requires attention to detail.
  • Due to the dynamic nature of the business, self-motivation and the ability to learn quickly are essential
  • Highly driven
  • Ability to function well in a busy, demanding environment
  • Ability to multi-task
  • Have a “can-do” attitude
  • Desire to continuously look for improvement
  • Willing to learn and share knowledge

About the team

They develop and support end-to-end e-commerce products for international customers, offering over 11 languages.  They develop business-to-business systems and back-end systems for customer support, finance, payment process management, risk and fraud management, and content management systems.  As a team, they continuously look for ways to improve their products and processes.

Office environment:
We offer a great working environment!  There are two offices, one in Cape Town City Bowl and one in Woodstock.  The offices are modern with state of the art equipment.  The Development team is based at the Woodstock office:  they develop and maintain end-to-end e-commerce platforms for our international clients, in addition to developing back-end systems and tools for marketing, customer support, finance, payment process management, risk and fraud management and content management systems.
 
A little about our development house (more to be included later):
We are a new dev house (started 1 Dec 2015), with the backing of an organisation that has been running since 1998.  We strive for a start-up culture.  We work on international products, with some of our sites offered in over 12 international languages.  We believe that there are not many opportunities like this in SA.  We work on B2C and B2B products and there is wide exposure to the full e-commerce lifecycle.  The User Experience and Design team is 8 people strong (and growing). Not many organisations in SA where UX plays a significant role.  We have greatly skilled developers as well as a full testing team on board.
 
Our most valuable asset is our people and we have grown to a team of nearly 70.  We live and are guided by our values.  By joining our team offers room for growth and advancement for those showing commitment, initiative and drive into other dimensions of the business, as we believe in creating opportunities for our people.  We offer a competitive basic salary plus a medical aid contribution on completion of probationary period.

Recruiter: CompuJobs