Summit Recruitment & Search Database Administrator (Postgres SQL) – Jobs in Nairobi, Kenya

Summit Recruitment & Search Database Administrator (Postgres SQL) – Jobs in Nairobi, Kenya

Summit Recruitment and Search Africa is a leading Recruitment and Executive Search agency head quartered in Kenya providing outstanding talent to a wide range of companies and NGO’s in various business sectors across Africa.

Our client, a dynamic Software Company specializing in providing its own branded vehicle tracking software is looking to recruit a Database Administrator to be based in Karen, Kenya. The successful candidate will be required to look after a large database. He/she Must have relevant experience administering the Postgres database.

Key Requirements:

Ensure database security

Ensure queries are super-fast

Work with CTO and Developers to ensure database design can scale

Responsible for Backups, disaster recovery, multi-node replica management

Maintain indexes

Create new tables, writing sorted procedures/functions

Using open-source tools to monitor the health of the database & proactively tune queries

Use tools to ensure you have the right metrics which will be monitored daily to ensure no slowdown

Execute activities to ensure database high availability i.e.,99.99% uptime at PR & DR sites

Write and Convert SQL Server stored procedures to Postgres

Write Ad hoc SQL queries whenever the need arises

Determine, enforce, and document database

policies, procedures, and standards

Ensure that the company is adaptable to evolving compliance regulations.

Qualification:

Must have a relevant bachelor’s degree in IT / BBIT or Computer Science

Must have a minimum of 5 years as a Database Administrator

Excellent background managing Postgres Database is mandatory

Good ability to use open-source tools to identify slow-running queries & potential issues

Setting up, maintaining, and managing a multi-node replica database

Write efficient ad-hoc queries

Independent worker with a great work ethic to ensure the database scale is in line with Company growth

If required, available to work out of office hours to do severe maintenance.

How to Apply

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