Overview
Junior DBA – Support Jobs in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa at BETSoftware
Title: Junior DBA – Support
Company: BETSoftware
Location: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Job Description
- Basic SQL skills and query writing skills.
- Basic troubleshooting SQL skills.
Responsibilities
Database Design:
- Ensure Database design is robust, scalable and operating optimally.
- Work with other DBAs to make sure that the solutions meet application requirements and performance goals.
- Actively contribute to planning meetings, documentations, and testing.
- Maintain database documentation as required.
Database Performance
- Assists with ensuring high DB availability as this has a public facing web front end.
- Install and maintain the performance of database servers.
- Install, upgrade, and manage database applications.
- Be available for on-call support as needed.
Monitoring
- Monitor database performance.
- Utilize tools and scripts to monitor all aspects of database performance including the underlaying compute, storage and networking.
- Use high-speed transaction recovery techniques and backup data.
- Diagnose and troubleshoot database errors.
- Assists with the creation and manage database reports, visualizations, and dashboards.
- Monitor daily backups, archiving and indexing processes.
Initiative And Innovation
- Recommend and implement emerging database technologies.
- Implement improved processes that have a positive effect on the team’s performance and company bottom line.
- Take an active involvement in problem resolution and where necessary works after hours to ensure that problems are resolved.
- Shows foresight to prevent errors or delays in projects.
- Demonstrate initiative by understanding, acquiring and implementing new knowledge and skills both within team and to the wider group.
- Incorporates the new abilities into the day-to-day operational activities to improve performance of products and systems.
- Ensure techniques, technologies, tools and processes used are in line with industry best practices.
Knowledge Share
- Identify areas that require specific knowledge, skill or understanding and seek guidance from mentors.
Living The Spirit
- Willingness to collaborate with cross functional teams such as developers, IT support and fellow DBA. professionals to ensure the database is successful and aligned to the company’s goals and objectives.
- Actively participate with the team to find creative solutions, share knowledge with the team, and contribute to a solution driven and high performing DBA team.
- Ensuring that the data in the database is and remains accurate and secure.
- Embrace new methodologies and technologies to enhance data performance and security.
- Openness to feedback from peers and superiors and absorbing feedback as an opportunity for growth and improvement as a junior.
- Promoting client centricity by understanding the needs and the experience of the internal and external stakeholders and aligning the database services with their expectations accordingly.
- Seek out new methods and tools to introduce to enhance the effectiveness of the DBA operations, such as data modules and database platforms.
Qualifications
- Relevant Degree/Diploma.
- 1-2 years’ experience in a commercial environment utilizing a high transaction database or successful completion of a graduate program or work experience.
- Basic SQL skills and query writing skills.
- Basic troubleshooting SQL skills.
- Experience in designing/optimizing MSSQL Databases.
- Microsoft Certificate: Azure Database Administrator Associate (advantageous).
- Knowledge on Postgres will be advantageous.
