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Job Title:  Database Administrator   

Organisation: Pride Microfinance Limited (MDI)

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: CBS Specialist

About Organisation:

Pride Microfinance Limited (MDI) is a Microfinance Deposit- taking Institution regulated and supervised by Bank of Uganda (BoU) under the MDI Act, 2003 and MDI Regulations, 2004 with a capital base of Ugx. 168.6 billion. Pride’s purpose is transforming lives responsibly. Pride offers innovative financial solutions to largely people at the base of the economic pyramid and serves its customers through 40 networked branches and 6 contact offices spread across the country and implements sustainability sound practices throughout its business operations to create a positive impact through three sustainability pillars; economic, environment, and social as well as contributing to the Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) and their investable sub-goals that relate to microfinance activities.

Job Summary:  The Database Administrator will report to the CBS Specialist and will be based at Head office. He/ she will be responsible for providing database administration expertise and support for the Pride’s ICT database infrastructure by creating and maintaining database environments in a proactive manner, identification of sources of golden data and resolving incidents/responding to service requests.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• To execute procedures for database operations, maintenance, security, archiving and recovery.
• Provide substantive input to systems Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity plan and ensuring proper fail over setup plans.
• Effective database license management. All database licenses must be optimally used and decommission unused database servers to avoid costs above budget.
• Analyse business application requirements and develop specifications for databases construction and maintenance.
• Maintains up-to-date documentation of all enterprise databases operations manuals and procedures.
• Monitors the status of end-of-cycle activities including backups ensuring compliance with schedules Critical server Uptime.
• Investigate problems with databases and end-of-cycle runs, ensure appropriate corrective action, or escalate problems as appropriate.
• Act as liaison for vendors as they support complex database-related issues, systems, and implementation projects.
• Address a variety of database integration issues including synchronization between disparate databases, integration, maintenance/conversion, capacity planning issues, and new applications.

Qualifications Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree  in  Computer  Science, Information Technology or any related field.
• Three years of experience in a similar role.
• Should have knowledge of Microsoft Server Operating Systems and UNIX i.e., SOLARIS & Linux, SQL and database management Systems.
• Excellent experience in system scripting, such as PERL, PYTHON, Shell and working with open-source RDBMS e.g., MySQL.
• ICT Security Knowledge will be of added advantage.
• He/she should not be more than 40 years of age.

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and interested candidates should forward their updated CVs to the HEAD PEOPLE & CULTURE, at the address below.

Address to:

Pride Microfinance Limited (MDI),

Victoria Office Park, Block B, Bukoto,

Plot 6-9, Ben Kiwanuka Okot Close,

P.O. Box 7566, Kampala. Uganda

Email to: recruitment@pridemicrofinance.co.ug

Deadline: 14th June 2024.

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