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Database Administrator - MS SQL at Guaranty Trust Holding Company (GTCO)

Guaranty Trust Holding Company (Formerly Guaranty Trust Bank Plc) is a multinational financial institution that provides individuals, businesses, private and public institutions across Africa and the United Kingdom with a broad range of market-leading financial products and services. Headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria and with subsidiaries in Cote D'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Sierra Leone and the United Kingdom, the Bank currently employs over 12,000 professionals and has Total assets and Shareholders’ Funds of N4.057trillion and N661.1Billion respectively.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Database Administrator - MS SQL

Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full time

Job Profile

Has at least 5 years experience in Microsoft SQL Server Database Administration. Knowledge of other popular databases will be added advantage
Experience in troubleshooting and resolving database integrity issues, performance issues, blocking and deadlocking issues, replication issues
Knowledge of query optimization
Expert knowledge of Database Clustering, High Availability (Always ON) and Disaster Recovery (DR) options for MS SQL databases
Experience in the implementation of database replication solutions
Knowledge of users access permissions and privileges
Proficient in MS SQL Server 2016 and above
Proficient with Linux and Windows Operating System
Good knowledge of database backup and recovery
Knowledge of Oracle Golden gate will be added advantage.
Knowledge of indexes, index management, and database statistics
Good communication and documentation skills
Strong knowledge of indexes, index management, integrity checks, configuration and database patching
Candidate must be able to build database systems of high availability
Candidate must be able to provide proactive and reactive data management support
Candidate must be able to implement release of database changes