Database Administrator
- Johannesburg, Gauteng
- R590,000-640,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Install and manage on-prem/cloud database servers
- Monitor performance and optimize queries, schema, and indexes
- Ensure database security, access control, and auditing
- Manage backups, restores, and disaster recovery testing
- Develop and maintain data models, procedures, views, and triggers
- Support development teams with data issues and test data
- Assist in deployment planning and post-release support
- Troubleshoot database issues and perform root cause analysis
- Document configurations and best practices
- Stay updated on new DB technologies and suggest improvements
- Travel as needed for client support and implementations
- Bachelors degree in IT, Computer Science, or related field
- 35 years DBA experience, ideally in software or IT services
- Proficient in at least one major RDBMS (PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle, or MySQL)
- Strong grasp of database design, optimization, and normalization
- Knowledge of security, compliance, and data privacy best practices
- Familiar with replication, high availability, and disaster recovery
- Cloud DB experience (e.g., AWS RDS, Azure SQL) is a plus
- Skilled in scripting/automation (SQL, Bash, PowerShell)
- Open to regular travel for client and project support
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