Job Summary
•Wits Health Consortium (WHC) is looking for a Database Administrator X2 – WRHI – Gophelega
Duties And Responsibilities
• Manage SQL Server databases through multiple product lifecycle environments, from development to mission-critical production systems.
• Configure and maintain database servers and processes, including monitoring of system health and performance, to ensure high levels of performance, availability, and security.
• Apply data modelling techniques to ensure development and implementation support efforts meet integration and performance expectations.
• Independently analyse, solve, and correct issues in real time, providing problem resolution end-to-end.
• Refine and automate regular processes, track issues, and document changes.
• Assist BI developers with complex query tuning and schema refinement.
• Perform scheduled maintenance and support release deployment activities after hours.
• Share domain and technical expertise, providing technical mentorship and cross-training to other peers and team members.
• Share domain and technical expertise, providing technical mentorship and cross-training to other peers and team members.
• Plan security measures ensuring data is secure from unauthorised audiences.
• Responsible for backing up systems in case of power outages or other disasters.
• Ensure the integrity of the database, guaranteeing that the data stored is reliable.
• Must monitor the database system’s performance to determine when action is needed.
• Must evaluate complex information that comes from variety of sources.
• Must be able to work in a team and able to communicate effectively with developers and various
stakeholders
• Identify user needs to create and administer databases.
• Troubleshoot and resolve server, database, and data issues.
• Security maintenance of server and database.
• Maintenance and monitoring of SQL environment.
• Provide debugging assistance to development staff with DBMS.
Qualifications And Experience
Required minimum education and training
• Bachelor’s degree/Diploma in computer science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience
Desirable additional education, work experience and personal abilities
• T-SQL Scripting experience, database Security, have in depth SQL internal knowledge, Performance tuning on SQL.
• Windows Server and Windows firewall knowledge to support SQL server environment, Always on Experience, Failover clustering Experience would be advantageous.
Required minimum work experience
• 2 years’ experience as a Database Administrator.
• Relevant SQL certification, degree, or diploma.
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008 / 2012 / 2014 / 2016/ 2017 /2019 experience with database administration,
including installation and troubleshooting issues.
• Install and configure Reporting services, Power BI, SSIS and Cubes and backup and recovery experience.
Demands of the job
• Able to work under pressure.
How To Apply
•Should you be interested in applying for this vacancy, please send an email to vacancy18@wrhi.ac.za.
•The subject heading of the email must read DM-BRK22-05 and the job title of position applying for.
•Please include the following documentation:
• A cover letter (maximum one page) that clearly states which vacancy you are applying for.
• A detailed CV, with all the relevant reference checks and contacts.
