Database Administrator (Intermediate to Senior)

Location: Centurion Gauteng (On-site)
Contract Type: 3-Year Fixed-Term Contract

Are you an experienced Database Administrator with a passion for designing implementing optimising and securing enterprise database environments while contributing to strategic technology initiatives

Our client is seeking an experienced Database Administrator (Intermediate to Senior Level) to join their team on a 3-year fixed-term contract based on-site in Centurion.

This is an exciting opportunity for a technically strong database professional who enjoys working across enterprise environments driving database performance ensuring business continuity and supporting long-term technology strategies. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring database reliability performance scalability and alignment with business objectives while contributing to system architecture design and strategic technology initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Database Design & Administration

• Design implement maintain and optimise enterprise database environments.
• Develop and maintain database standards policies and procedures.
• Ensure database scalability availability and performance.
• Plan and execute database migrations upgrades and deployments.

Database Optimisation & Performance Management

• Monitor analyse and improve database performance.
• Perform advanced query tuning and indexing strategies.
• Identify bottlenecks and implement performance improvement initiatives.
• Optimise storage utilisation and database resource allocation.

System Architecture Design & Implementation

• Contribute to solution architecture and infrastructure planning.
• Design database architectures that align with business and technical requirements.
• Evaluate new technologies and recommend architectural improvements.
• Support cloud hybrid and on-premises database environments.

Security & Governance

• Define and implement database security frameworks.
• Manage user access controls and data protection mechanisms.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory governance and audit requirements.
• Implement and maintain encryption monitoring and security controls.

Backup Recovery & Business Continuity

• Develop and maintain backup and recovery strategies.
• Manage disaster recovery planning and testing.
• Ensure high availability and business continuity requirements are met.

Stakeholder Management

• Collaborate with application development infrastructure and business teams.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior Database Administrators.
• Participate in project planning and solution design discussions.

Documentation & Continuous Improvement

• Maintain architecture configuration and operational documentation.
• Develop best practices and standards for database environments.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across database operations.

Minimum Requirements

Qualifications

• NQF Level 6 qualification in one of the following:
  • Information Technology
  • Software Development
  • Computer Science
  • Related IT discipline

Experience

• 58 years experience in database administration within enterprise environments.
• Proven experience with database design optimisation and management.
• Experience in system architecture design and implementation.
• Strong experience with SQL Server Oracle PostgreSQL MySQL or similar enterprise database platforms.
• Experience supporting High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) environments.

Technical Skills

• Advanced SQL and database performance tuning.
• Database design and data modelling.
• Database administration across multiple platforms.
• High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions.
• Backup replication clustering and failover technologies.
• Database security and governance.
• System architecture design and implementation.
• Cloud database technologies (Azure AWS or similar) advantageous.
• Scripting and automation skills (PowerShell Python Bash or equivalent).

Key Competencies

• Strategic and Analytical Thinking
• Advanced Problem-Solving Skills
• Strong Leadership and Mentoring Capability
• Stakeholder Engagement and Communication
• Project and Priority Management
• Decision-Making and Accountability
• Continuous Improvement Mindset

Whats on Offer

• Opportunity to join an organisation on a 3-year fixed-term contract based on-site in Centurion.
• Play a key role in designing implementing and managing enterprise database environments that support critical business operations.
• Contribute to strategic technology initiatives including system architecture cloud database technologies and enterprise infrastructure planning.
• Work across cloud hybrid and on-premises database environments while driving database reliability security scalability and performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional technology teams and provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior Database Administrators.
• Opportunity to drive continuous improvement initiatives while supporting high-availability enterprise database environments.