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Database Administrator at The Management Sciences for Health

The Management Sciences for Health (MSH), a global health nonprofit organization, uses proven approaches developed over 40 years to help leaders, health managers, and communities in developing nations build stronger health systems for greater health impact. We work to save lives by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Database Administrator

Reference No.: R1116
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Employment Type: Full Time

Job Description

The Database Administrator (DBA) is responsible for providing database management, operations and services to the organization, globally, to support all of our platforms.

Consolidation and Analysis of Existing Databases (40%):

Analyse database specifications, backup files, indexes etc. and determine how performance can be improved
Create list of all databases associated with platforms
Determine where these databases should be hosted
Determine access/account structures and permissions.
Identify owners for each database (vendor, MSH office, centre etc.)

Guidelines, Standards, and Processes (25%):

Respond to technical queries as needed.
Define and document database guidelines, standards, processes
Document account/permission structures for each database
Document backup and recovery, mirroring and replication guidelines

Technical Support (25%):

Write SQL Queries, Stored Procedures to support product development as needed
Provide technical support as needed.

Other (10%):

Participate in IS and MSH meetings to provide regular status updates and keep up to date with organization and other group activities.
PPRD

Requirements
Education:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science.

Experience:

At least 6 years of relevant experience.

Knowledge and Skills:

Extensive experience with MS SQL Server (tables, triggers, unions, joins, complex queries and stored procedures) and MySQL
In depth knowledge and understanding of RDBMS architecture and data warehousing concepts
Experience with physical and logical database design, development, implementation and administration of large SQL environments
High experience of testing backup and recovery of databases
Ability to troubleshoot and resolve a variety of identified problems (integrity issues, performance issues, blocking and deadlocking issues, replication issues, security issues effectively
Advance experience in database monitoring and clustering
Fluency with appropriate tools including SQL Management Studio, Query Analyzer, Profiler, Performance Monitor and other database management tools to enhance monitoring, tracing, performance tuning and clustering
Experience in maintaining database performance and security, including managing database accounts and permissions.
Excellent understanding of database installation, configuration, partitioning, performance tuning, analysis and optimization of databases
Hands-on experience with planning, monitoring, configuring, maintaining and replication of databases
Expert in writing SQL queries, scripts and stored procedures of high quality
Experience working with developers and business analysts to analyse and resolve database design, implementation and performance issues
Experience establishing database recovery protocol
Ability to follow and enforce change management processes within production environments.
Works closely with supporting network, server and disk storage teams to facilitate managed balanced systems utilizing mirroring and availability groups as necessary
Proactively develop and implement policies and procedures to improve overall effectiveness and integrity of the company's databases and platforms.

Competencies:

Ability to scope work and accurately and estimate time, resources and budget needed for its completion
Strong written and oral skills to communicate plans, status, issues, risks and mitigations to team and management staff
Comfortable in a fast-paced environment, working across multiple projects simultaneously
Capable of quickly understanding and adapting to new business situations
Dedicated to take independent, appropriate action to resolve complex problems with limited supervision
Ability to manage our platforms vendors in addressing all database tasks
Strong team player and ability to foster collaboration with multidisciplinary teams while contributing to a positive work environment
Experience/Competency in performing Windows Administration tasks a plus

Physical Demands: