Database Administrator

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Are you looking for an employer who promotes individual excellence and mutual respect in a team-driven culture with a key focus on social empowerment? The Co-operative Bank of Kenya, “The Kingdom Bank” is the place for those looking to new horizons.
We are looking for a dynamic, creative and self-driven experienced professional who will be responsible for ensuring high systems availability and improvements to meet business growth demands, ensure timely intervention by key stake holders, improved performance, enhanced system security, business continuity and competitiveness in product and service development.

The role

Specifically, the successful jobholder will be required to:
  • Monitor and manage the high availability components including RAC, Dataguard, RMAN, ASM for mission critical databases and Perform database tasks such as schema design, capacity planning, maintenance, trouble shooting, and change control activities.
  • Develop manage and test back-up and recovery plans and ensuring that storage, archiving, back-up and recovery procedures are functioning properly.
  • Ensure optimal allocation and Management of Data Storage Systems including SAN, NAS, Tape Libraries, etc & ensure mitigation of risks for all database systems
  • Take lead role inBCP and disaster recovery preparedness through periodic testing as scheduled and update of disaster recovery procedures and sharing the results with management.
  • Ensure both back-end organization of data and front-end accessibility for end-users and further refining the physical design to meet system storage requirements.
  • Install database management systems (RDBMS) using best practice; ensure compliance with RDBMS license agreements and maintain upgrades and critical patches.
  • Create and maintain database documentation, including data standards, procedures and definitions for the data dictionary (metadata) and maintain all technical documentation relating to database management.
  • Attend to system failure and resolve/coordinate resolution of the problem, ensure 24/7 availability for support of the bank’s mission critical systems & continually monitor security events in the network, take corrective actions and generate reports for management.
  • Establish and maintain business relationships with vendors, consultants and other outside entities providing services to the bank while monitoring the performance of SLAs to ensure that the database gets maximum value from the services.
  • Establish user needs and monitor user access, security and control database access permissions and privileges.

Skills, Competencies and Experience

The successful candidate will be required to have the following skills and competencies:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related discipline.
  • 3 -5 years in database technology with experience deploying Oracle technologies (e.g., Database, RAC, ASM, OEM,OCM, , Data Guard,, Audit Vault, database vault, etc) in production environments
  • Oracle RDBMS 11g OCP certification, experience & Thorough knowledge of MS SQL databases
  • Thorough knowledge in SOA, Oracle Fusion Middleware technology including Oracle Form Services, Weblogic. Proficiency in SQL, SQL Plus, PLSQL & Strong knowledge in SAN, NAS storage systems
  • Must have worked in a Large OLTP High Availability Database environment
  • Proficiency in various operating systems like Unix, Linux, windows
  • Networking skills especially in the area of the Oracle Clusterware and Storage administrator skills for ASM

How to apply:

Interested candidates meeting the above criteria should forward an application enclosing detailed Curriculum Vitae accompanied by copies of certificates and indicating the current remuneration to the address shown below or send to jobs@co-opbank.co.ke by close on 6th April 2015
We are an equal opportunity employer. Only the short listed candidates will be contacted.
Please quote this reference on your application and on the envelope: DBA/03/HRD/2015
Human Resources Division
P.O. Box 48231-00100

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