Our clients in the financial industry are on the hunt for a Database Administrator (DB2 LUW) based in Cape Town for a fantastic permanent position. Enjoy great benefits and get to work in a dynamic team while gaining excellent exposure within the field. Assess and develop long-term strategic goals for production databases in conjunction with data owners and department managers. Work with application development staff to develop database architectures, coding standards, and quality assurance policies and procedures. Design and implement redundant systems, policies, and procedures for disaster recovery and data archiving to ensure effective protection and integrity of data assets. Conduct research and make recommendations on database products, services, protocols, and standards in support of procurement and development efforts. Create models for new database development and/or changes to existing ones. Install and configure relevant network components to ensure database access as well as database consistency and integrity. Respond to and resolve database access and performance issues. Assist developers with SQL optimization. Monitor database system details within the database, including stored procedures and execution time, and implement efficiency improvements. Monitor, optimize and allocate physical data storage for database systems. Plan and coordinate data migrations between systems. Develop, implement, and maintain change control and testing processes for modifications to databases. Create, or support creation of, required reports in response to business user needs. Perform database transaction and security audits. Establish appropriate end-user database access control levels and review reports. Develop routines for end users to facilitate best practices database use. Ensure maintenance plans are in place i.e. reorg of databases, index adviser, run stats, backups. Responsible to identify and manage risks within your environment. Requirements: Degree or Diploma in Information Technology At least 5 years database administration experience Strong understanding of database structures, theories, principles, and practices. Working technical experience with database design, maintain and support, including SQL code optimization. Hands-on database tuning and troubleshooting experience. Experience in DB2 LUW data base technology and tools (Data Server Manager) Experience in troubleshooting and resolving database integrity issues, locking, and deadlocking issues, replication issues, log shipping issues, connectivity issues, security issues etc. Ability to detect and troubleshoot CPU, memory, I/O, disk space and other resource contention. Knowledge of AIX and Linux environments Good understanding of scripting Good knowledge and implementation skills of applicable data privacy practices and laws Apply Now

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