We have an exciting job opportunity for a Senior Database Administrator who is passionate about data to join an industry leading global technology and e-commerce company at their offices in Cape Town. This is a fast paced business that requires data that is real time, accurate and responsive. If you’re looking to take your SQL skills to new heights, this job is perfect for you!

Your key job responsibilities as the Senior Database Administrator in Cape Town will include:

- Administer Microsoft SQL Server database environments
- T-SQL Scripting and development on both new and existing functions
- Troubleshoot and resolve server, database and data issues
- Security maintenance of server and database
- Maintenance and monitoring of SQL environment
- Provide debugging assistance to development staff with DBMS
- Monitoring and completion of all DBA related Servicedesk calls
- Backup setup and monitoring
- Participate in providing 7-day/24 hour on-call support

Requirements for this Senior Database Administrator in Cape Town:

- Minimum 10 years SQL database administration experience
- Relevant SQL certification / degree / diploma
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 / 2012 / 2014/ 2016 experience with database administration, including installation and troubleshooting issues
- T-SQL Scripting experience
- Database Security
- Have in depth SQL internal knowledge
- Backup and recovery experience
- Replication experience
- Always on experience
- Failover clustering experience
- Partitioning experience
- Performance tuning on SQL, Reporting services, SSIS and Cubes
- SSIS experience advantageous