Database Administrator Job at Access Bank Plc

Database Administrator Job at Access Bank Plc. Please make sure you read the job requirements before applying for this position.

Access Bank Plc is a financial institution with presence in 9 countries in Africa and the United Kingdom and in all major cities in Nigeria. Also referred to as the Africa’s Bank of Best Practice, Access Bank operates on a platform of strong ethics, governance and professionalism.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Database Administrator

Location: Nigeria
Job Type: Full time

Description

• We are seeking an exceptional Database Administrator to join our Infrastructure team. This is a highly technical, hands-on role in a dynamic and fast paced environment.
• The successful candidate will have a mixture of deep technical know-how as well as excellent database administrative fundamentals and robust troubleshooting skills.

Functions and Responsibilities

• Carryout Database Capacity planning, Review complex SQL codes and provide guidance during deployment of new applications.
• Interface effectively with all areas of IT systems and Infrastructure/Application teams, in order to provide appropriate support and maintenance for the database deployments.
• Put measures in place to ensure integrity of the database is not compromised
• Provide support and guidance for other departments on database related issues.
• Design and implement database backup policies and procedures
• Monitor database sizes against capacity plan and ensure regular health check of database infrastructure as well as performance tuning to ensure continuous availability and optimal performance.
• Ensure all databases operate in compliance with the bank’s security and access policies.
• Respond to internal and external audit queries and ensure remediation of observed vulnerabilities and non-conformities.
• Facilitate root cause analysis on database issues.
• Perform benchmarking analysis to properly size hardware platforms, and maintain technical documentation relating to database management functions.

Requirements

• A good First Degree in Computer Science/ I.T with sound proficiency in database management. Relevant Master’s degree will be an advantage
• Professional Membership IT certification and other professional qualification will be an added advantage

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Good knowledge and proficiency of Oracle Database
• Good knowledge and proficiency in Microsoft SQL Server database
• Ability to use Oracle data dictionary
• Ability to review and interpret log files, AWR and other diagnostic reports to resolve performance challenges
• Good knowledge of UNIX/Linus and other relevant operating systems
• Good security knowledge
• Ability to research, resolve and document unknown problems.
• Regulatory knowledge.

Benefits

Competitive.

Application Closing Date

Not Specified.

Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online