The purpose of the role is to have an in-house Greenplum & Oracle DBA specialist to look after existing databases and implement new databases going forward. The potential candidate will also be responsible for monitoring our in-house developed ETL applications and data being ingested.

Primary Responsibilities for the Role

• Managing of Oracle and Greenplum databases
• Weekly database backups & restoring of backups / objects
• Installing / upgrading of Oracle and Greenplum databases & Linux systems
• Linux operating system and Database performance tuning
• Linux operating system and Database troubleshooting
• System & storage capacity planning
• Manage and monitor the in house developed ETL applications and data trends
• Engage with customers & attend operational meetings
• Ticket management

Minimum Qualification and Experience Requirements

Education & Qualification

• Relevant Tertiary qualification
• Matric

Accountability

• Providing specialist, high-level technical advice and support Attend to all logged customer requests and incidents
• Taking over DBA and L3 support work.
• Upskilling and cross skilling of junior resources
• Managing of operating systems and databases on a daily basis.
• ETL application support
• Perform operating system and database upgrades & backups
• Provide technical support on required platforms
• Effective management of customer requests in line with the set Service Level Agreements (SLA)
• Responsible for high-level problem resolution of complex problems
• Preparing progress reports for all work performed.

Must have Experience:

• Extensive Greenplum database experience
• Oracle OCA/OCP experience
• Abillity to write SQL
• Extensive Linux operating system and scripting experience
• Ability to work with data
• Degree or Diploma with 8 to 10 years related experience
• Good troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite
• Strong verbal, written, presentation and customer service skills required.
• Has excellent interpersonal skills and is fully experienced at dealing with clients/users.
• Organised and focused.
• Good time management.

Nice to have Experience:

• Telecommunications background/experience