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Database Administrator ƒƒ‚ƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚“ Ict Department At Abc Bank (African Banking Corporation Limited)

Kawisafi Ventures

Power / Energy full time Nairobi Posted 16 hours ago

ABC Bank is an indigenous Kenya bank with 33 years experience using the power of finance to support businesses and projects that benefit the people and the planet. We know that banking can be a powerful force for good: serving individuals and communities as well as building a more sustainable society. We are investing in our customer relationships to create a web of successful and satisfied individuals and businesses that are contributing sustainable communities that effectively play their role in the economy. We are constantly embracing new technologies to offer you a definitive banking experience as we empower you to ACHIEVE THE EXTRAORDINARY. ABC Bank has carved a special niche in providing focused financial services and solutions to a wide range of client base who include individuals, Small and Medium Enterprises, and Corporate organizations, Saccos, Learning Institutions, Religious Institutions and service providers for various economic sectors. We facilitate efficient service to our business clients through innovative, customized financial solutions, emphasizing our main strengths in asset finance, trade finance, and international and local remittance solutions, invoice discounting, overdrafts and term loans. We also have a variety of personal banking solutions that are flexible and focused on meeting the specific financial needs of our individual customers in every economic sector of East Africa. We also offer a wide range of local and international money transfer services in partnership with other reputable money transfer organizations such as MoneyGram, Western Union, TransFast, Instant Cash, Al-Dahaab, Ria, iRem (for India) among others. The ABC Bank Group Companies comprise of: ABC Bank ABC Capital Bank - Uganda ABC Capital Limited (Stock Brokerage) ABC Insurance Brokers LtdThe Incumbent will be responsible for the installation, configuration, upgrade, administration, monitoring and maintenance of the organization’s databases on Windows, Linux and Unix platforms. REPORTING TO: MANAGER - DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR The incumbent will perform amongst others the below responsibilities; Routine Database Administrator tasks; that is running health checks to ensure optimal Database performance on Linux, Solaris and Windows servers. Planning Capacity, managing Space while ensuring storage allocation. Installation, administration and troubleshooting of Oracle databases using best practice on Linux/Solaris/Windows. Implementation, administration and troubleshooting Oracle data guard for Primary Data Replication. Handling Oracle Data guard switchover, switchback and failover in case of production environment outage. Implementation of Oracle database security measures. Managing oracle database users and Database security. Unix Shell scripting for Oracle database backup automation – Cron jobs. Maintaining availability and integrity of oracle 10g/11g/12c databases. Minimum Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience Bachelors’ degree in Information Technology or related degree. Certification in Linux, Solaris Unix, Oracle database, MSsqlserver or PostgresSQL administration. At least 3 years of experience in managing Solaris, Linux servers and Oracle databases Dependable and honest, with ability of maintaining confidentiality with high level of integrity and professional ethics. A conceptual thinker with ability to organize, plan, coordinate, prioritize and deliver projects in time. Participates effectively in a team-based information and value sharing environment. High client service orientation (internal and external) and initiative to solve problems, decision making, excellent analytical and communication skills – good interpersonal skills including oral and written communication.