Fosad Consulting Limited - Our client, is recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Database Engineer
Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Description
- The suitable candidate will have the opportunity to work as a L1 / L2 database administrator across different database technologies including but not limited to Oracle, MS SQL, MySQL, MongoDB.
- The candidate will have the opportunity to work across multiple private / public cloud platforms hosting NI’s database infrastructure.
- Candidate will be responsible for managing and maintaining the database patch process end to end across all databases running on different cloud platforms.
- In addition to that, Candidate shall be attending to L1 / L2 database issues which includes user management, capacity management, non-production issues, developer requests, database cloning, proactive alerts management etc.
Job Responsibilities
- Maintain an inventory of all databases along with current patches applied across all platforms used by NI.
- Create and maintain patch plans for all databases spanning multiple database products across Private / Public cloud infrastructure. (On-premise, AWS, OCI, Azure).
- Manage end to end patch process from rolling out patches to non-production till the patches are tested and rolled out to production databases.
- Manage end to end coordination with different stakeholders including application owners and Change control board members with regards to patch management.
- Create and maintain end to end documentation of database patching procedures individually for each database product running on each On-prem / cloud platform.
- Analyze and understand vulnerability assessment reports shared by Information security and create customized patch plans depending on the VAPT reports.
- Work with Information security team, Internal audit and Infrastructure patch management team to maintain the overall patch score at above 90%.
- Assess patching needs and suggest improvement / bring automation to the patch processes wherever possible.
- Attend to L1 / L2 requests / issues pertaining to database area. This includes attending to proactive alerts, adding space to the database, managing database users, attending to developer queries / requests, cloning database from one server to another, performing ad hoc backups etc.,
- Support patching downtime during out of office hours / weekends to accommodate business needs.
- Be on-call on a rotational basis to support any operational issues arise out of database area.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the line manager.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or computer Science.
- 2+ years of experience as an Oracle and SQL Server database administrator.
- Experienced in Installation and patching of Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL databases.
- Experienced in managing databases across Linux and Solaris platforms.
- Excellent knowledge of Oracle Grid Infrastructure in RAC / Single instance setup.
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server Always-on / Windows clustering technology.
- In-depth understanding of database concepts and core database architecture of any one database products mentioned above.
- Excellent understanding of different patch types and release schedules maintained by major database vendors.
- Knowledge of any one public cloud platforms (AWS / Azure / OCI).
- Basic experience in Shell / Python scripting.
Skills:
- Oracle 19c on Solaris and Linux platforms, MS SQL Server 2019, Basic skills on AWS or OCI, Oracle Enterprise manager user experience, Knowledge on RAC / ASM / Dataguard.
- Excellent analytical and problem management skills.
- Dedicated approach to service management
- Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills.
- Should be team player.
- Ability to successfully anticipate issues or challenges without being specifically directed.
- Strong ability to meet target deadlines and manage time effectively.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- OEM Cloud control administration, Other RDBMS such as PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MySQL. NoSQL technologies such as MongoDB. Bamboo, GIT, Jira. Understanding of agile methodologies and Devops Ecosystem.
Certification:
- Oracle (OCP) or Microsoft certified database administrator.
Application Closing Date
25th April, 2024.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their applications to: [email protected] using the job title as the subject of the mail.
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