Access Bank Plc is a financial institution with presence in 9 countries in Africa and the United Kingdom and in all major cities in Nigeria. Also referred to as the Africa’s Bank of Best Practice, Access Bank operates on a platform of strong ethics, governance and professionalism.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Database Administrator
Location: Nigeria
Job Roles
- To ensure that all critical databases are available and performing optimally at all times
- To maintain the integrity of the database and protect it from unauthorized access
- To ensure that the Bank is able to work from an alternative location in the event of a disaster at the production site by either activating the DR site or restoring from backups
Functions and Responsibilities
- Carryout Database monitoring and basic maintenance task.
- Monitor and maintain database maintenance plans for backups, index rebuild/defragment, and database statistics
- Carryout Database monitoring and maintenance tasks
- Carryout database backup and restore operations
- Support EOD operations by Monitoring performance of database systems resources and query throughput.
- Monitor and maintain database maintenance plans for backups, index rebuild/defragment, and database statistics
- Installation of oracle database and client software on the banks servers and client PCs and creation of databases to support the bank’s business
- Work with external consultants installing third-party software that will integrate with core banking database
- Release new or updated stored programs to production database after having been tested and certifies ok and backed by a duly signed change process form.
- Perform Database Capacity Management by generating database growth report for Management and Planning for future storage requirements for the databases.
- Work with external consultants installing third-party software that will integrate with core banking database.
- Work with other IT units on database related projects.
- Remediate database nonconformities detect by internal and external auditors as well as regulators
Job Requirements
Education:
- A good first degree in Science and Engineering with moderate proficiency in database management. Relevant Master’s degree will be an advantage
Experience:
- Minimum of 2 years IT experience with good database background.
Certification(s):
- IT certifications and other professional qualifications will be an added advantage
Skills/Competence:
- Good Proficiency Oracle Database
- Good Proficiency in Microsoft SQL Server database
- Ability to use Oracle data dictionary
- Ability to take back up of database and database objects and restore when required.
- Ability to review and interpret log files, AWR and other diagnostic reports to resolve performance challenges
- Basic Proficiency in UNIX/Linus and other relevant operating systems
- Basic networking skills
- Good security knowledge
- Ability to research, resolve and document unknown problems.
- Payment and cash management
- Regulatory knowledge and background in Payments
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
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