Vacancy: Database Administrator
Town: Port Elizabeth
Salary: Highly Negotiable

We are looking for an experienced Database Administrator for a National Company in Port Elizabeth.

Minimum Requirements:
Degree or Diploma in Computer Science / Software Engineering or equivalent
Minimum 5 years SQL database administration experience
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 / 2014 / 2019 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/ Log Shipping experience
Performance tuning on SQL queries / stored procedures

Advantageous Skills:
Experience with Data Cubes and BI
SSRS reports
Git, JIRA
Azure SQL Server
JSON/XML, REST/RESTful APIs
Agile, Scrum
Experience with Big Data and Event Driven technologies would be an advantage Hadoop, Kafka, Kubernetes,
Docker

Duties & Responsibilities
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 DBA related Service Desk calls
Backup setup and monitoring
Participates in rotating on-call support
Assist with Systems Deployment and Releases
Reviews high cost queries and works with the Development staff at improvements

Salary is highly negotiable