Database Administrator

Rutotech International is a privately owned Nigerian company with its operational office at Block L Plot 2B Road KL, Sparklight Estate, Lagos - Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State, Nigeria. It began operations in 1994 with the core business of providing leading edge solutions and services in the areas of Supplies, Installations and Maintenance of Telecommunications Equipment, and later added to its services Recruitment, Training, as well as Manpower supplies and Human Resource Management.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Database Administrator

Location: Lagos

Responsibilities

• Proactively monitor the critical database systems and ensure minimum downtime
• Maintenance and improvement of databases including installation, configuration, upgrade, patches and bug fixes
• Performance tuning, including database/query tuning and re-writing SQLs
• Database development including writing and reviewing stored procedures
• Plan and execute Backup and recovery including disaster recovery and replication
• Database refreshes, data masking and schema patches
• Develop and maintain database standards
• Handle problem escalation with vendors as appropriate
• Oversee database security
• Work as part of a team and provide 24x7 support with on-call rotation
• Provide support to Junior Database Administrator to resolve issue.
• Create knowledge base for DB Administrator on issue and resolution.
• Managing the Junior Database resource and assigning work.

Skills and Capability Requirements

Qualification:

• Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Information Technology or related disciplines
• Mandatory to have Oracle /DB2 /SQL Server/My SQL & Unify Certification.

Experience:

• Minimum of 6 years of experience in database administration, relational database design and data warehouse applications and ETL processes etc
• Knowledge & Skills
• Knowledge in managing very large databases instances.
• Identifying and execute the RDMBS upgrade.
• Working knowledge in cluster and HA environment.
• Installing and configuring report service.
• Ability to find server bottleneck.
• Database hardening experience.
• Telecom domain knowledge will be an advantage.
• Experience with DB consolidation.
• Expert level skills in SQL & Shell scripting
• Exposure to Database Audit.
• Ability to plan, document, and effectively implement projects and systems
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Good team player with a can-do attitude
• Excellent trouble shooting and problem solving skills
• Fluency in English and the Spanish language (written and verbal)
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office, Excel, MSWord and Power Point.