PBT Group has an opportunity for a MS SQL DBA with 5+ years of relevant experience who would be responsible for maintaining and administering multiple organisation's databases.

With over two decades of expert knowledge and experience as information management specialists, PBT is a recognised leader in Business Intelligence and data warehousing and has extended its competency base to cover data quality and advanced analytics.

We pride ourselves to be a company who attracts, recruits and retains consultants of an exceptional calibre, not only within BI, but also within focused areas of Application Development.

We have worked in more than 25 countries around the world and are currently implementing large-scale projects throughout Africa, the Middle East and Australia.

Duties:
• Database maintenance including building of indexes, scheduled jobs, clearing locks, space management and back-ups
• Maintain backups and restore databases
• Maintain database access
• Database restore, deployment and structural changes
• Implement data change requests
• Performance tuning
• Assist with the writing of T-SQL code
• Configuring and management High-Availability Databases
• Define and document database standards and processes

Experience:
• In-depth knowledge of MS-SQL, including database replication and preferably SQL Always On.
• Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)
• SQL Mirroring, replication and log shipping, management of files and file groups, table archiving and partitioning, SQL DR technologies, SQL backup and restore
• Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA)

Qualifications/ Certification:
• A degree in Computer Science / Information Systems / Business Administration / Commerce or equivalent
• Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA)