Job Title: IT Database Administrator
Organisation: Opportunity Bank (OBUL)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About US:
Opportunity Bank Uganda Ltd (OBUL) is a member of Opportunity International, a global microfinance institution that provides access to financial services in 27 Countries globally serving over 2 Million customers with Savings, Credit and other transformational services aimed at transforming the lives of low income earners.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- To plan for all database systems, capacity management requirements
- To analyze business application requirements and develop specifications for databases construction and maintenance.
- Writing database documentation, including; data standards, procedures, policies, definitions for the data dictionary, capacity planning, maintenance, security, archiving and recovery.
- To monitor and tune database performance as well as control user access, security and log management
- To ensure corporate performance monitoring of all database resources and recommending appropriate action in case of performance Bottlenecks thus keeping flow of work uninterrupted.
- To perform database scripts reviews both from internal and external developers to confirm correctness to both user and business function needs before deployment to both test and production environments.
- Install, configure and setup of databases as in line with the IT policy
- Ensures adequate security safeguards are in place to control access to all databases.
- Ensures the integrity of database files through the daily monitoring of database backups, logs, journals and transaction statistics.
- Oversees the proper distribution and controlled replication of data across Disaster Recovery (DR) sites and databases.
- Allocates disk space for new data tables and monitors space utilization for existing data tables.
- Implements database backup and recovery plans, and performs database recoveries and coordination with other areas of the IT department.
- Prepares periodic reports on the status of all database systems to including performance data, economics data and database usage.
- Provide user Support on the Core banking and other related business applications
- Provide Credit reference Bureau support
- Run end of day processing in the core banking system
- Develop and design system accurate system reports in the core banking system
- Ensure reports are available and accessible to intended users in a timely manner
- Undertake any other duties as may be reasonably assigned by supervisors
Qualifications, Skills, and Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree in an IT related field
- Three years of experience in Database Management Oracle / MS SQL certified.
- Experience in Dot Net (C#) and/or Java/Java based Application Development; SQL, Jbase & T24 Programming
- Strong knowledge of Oracle / MS SQL databases.
- Knowledge of Windows and Unix/Linux operating
How to Apply:
All candidates should apply online at the link below
Deadline: 22nd May 2024
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