Moniepoint is a financial technology company digitising Africa’s real economy by building a financial ecosystem for businesses, providing them with all the payment, banking, credit and business management tools they need to succeed.
Job Purpose
- We are looking for an experienced Database Administrator to join our team! As a Database Administrator at our company, you will be responsible for designing, testing, planning, implementing, protecting, operating, managing and maintaining our company's databases.
- You will provide technical support to other team members and evaluate new database solutions and technologies, the goal is to provide a seamless flow of information throughout the company.
What You’ll Get To Do
- Create, monitor and maintain the company’s databases
- Diagnose and resolve problems quickly
- Proactively and regularly make recommendations for system improvements
- Implement and manage company data management policies
- Managing database access and permissions.
- Ensuring that databases meet users’ requirements.
- Liaise with programmers, applications/operational staff, IT project managers and other technical staff.
- Reviewing and managing database security, integrity and backup procedures and performance tuning.
- Devising and implementing processes for resolving faults and data loss.
- Writing disaster recovery plans.
- Archiving data.
- Replicating data for disaster recovery
To succeed in this role, we think you should have
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related information technology field
- 3-5 years of experience as a Database Administrator or similar role
- Extensive knowledge of database technology, networks and server operating systems and hardware.
- Extensive experience in administering, managing and tuning databases
- Good understanding of data and schema standards and concepts
- Good understanding of database design, implementation, troubleshooting and maintenance
- Expertise in SQL and hands-on experience with MySQL, Cloud Spanner, BigTable and Clickhouse or other DBMS
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Method of Application
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