Database Administration Lead at Growth in Value Alliance (GV Alliance) Partners

Growth in Value Alliance (GV Alliance) Partners is a business advisory and market intelligence services firm. Our objectives are to assist organizations to achieve their growth aspirations by providing market intelligence, strategy blueprint, IT solution delivery expertise and business operation improvement capabilities.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Database Administration Lead

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full Time

Job Description

• The successful candidate will be responsible for the design, development, implementation and repair of the organization’s database
• In addition, he/she will be responsible for supporting the Oracle databases and ensuring their performance, availability and security.

Job Functions

• Ensure secure services with minimum downtime by proactively monitoring the databases.
• Control privileges and permissions to database users.
• Perform Oracle installations and monitor, tune and provide capacity planning for future expansion requirements.
• Provide regular trend analysis to the service management team, assisting in the optimal resource management / allocation function of the team.
• Effectively escalate identified problems to the Oracle development team and other related third-party concerned.
• Support the IT implementation team to ensure high availability of the databases.
• Monitor database performance as well as carry out database backup and recovery.
• Responsible for implementation and release of database changes as provided by the development team.

Educational Qualifications

• Minimum of a good Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science / Electronic Engineering / other Technology - related field, Oracle certification (OCA, OCP) required.

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years of progressive work experience as an Oracle database administrator; Experience of managing multiple RDBMS on large systems is a definite advantage.

Requirements:

• Practical experience in monitoring and tuning databases to provide high availability
• Practical experience of other databases – e.g. SQL Server
• Practical experience in managing MS SQL database security
• A good understanding of key customer business challenges and strategies, with specific experience in Telecommunications Service Provider environments
• Strong technical and project management skills, must be resourceful and able to work as part of a team
• Possess strong written and verbal communication skills, proven presentation skills.

Competencies:

• Very good analytical and conceptualization skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to pay close attention to details
• A good understanding of the telecommunications industry
• Committed to continuous learning and development on the job.

Application Closing Date
26th February, 2021.