Latest Vacancies at Cousant Connect

Cousant Connect is an online talent marketplace that connects companies to brilliant and highly vetted tech talent. Cousant Connect was created to help customers find professionals from a trusted platform that can help bring their ideas to life. Our customers range from Solopreneurs to institutions like Banks. Our team have worked on projects ranging from building stock trading platforms for Stock brokers to customer service management platforms for Banks. Members of our talent pool are at the top of their game and working on some of the most exciting projects in Nigeria. We are recruiting to fill the position below:     Job Title: Database Administrator Location: Lagos Summary The role objective is to plan, maintain and develop databases incorporating the following principles:

• That members access data concurrently in a form that suits their needs
• That there is adequate provision for data security and recovery control (all data is retrievable in an emergency).

• Administrative Activities – Administer all database objects, including tables, clusters, indexes, views, sequences, packages and procedures at Client Sites.
• Storage (Including the SANs) – Ensure proactive management of storage allocations for all the databases and promptly request for/implement expansions where necessary.
• Performance Reporting/Tuning – Continually ensure that databases are performing optimally through regular tuning and monitoring.
• Backup/Restore – Maintain regular/period backup of all databases and ensure they are up-to-date. Periodically conduct test restore of backups.
• Replication & Site Switching Activities – Ensure databases at all client sites are replicating and at par. Implement site switching activities when required.
• Planning dataflow to the database, mapping out the 'conceptual design' for a planned database, refining the 'physical design' to meet system storage requirements
• Maintaining data standards, including adherence to the data privacy regulations wherever applicable
• Writing database documentation, including data standards, procedures and definitions for the data dictionary
• Controlling access permissions and privileges for access to database
• Capacity planning
• Administration of all issues regarding Database servers
• Supervise and control all Database servers inventories

• B.Sc in Computer Science or any other technology disciplines (e.g. Engineering, Physics)
• 5-8 years practical experience in Database and Core Business Application Administration.
• Expertise and hands on experience with Oracle Administration and generally working with data on different relational and non-relational Database Management Systems (DBMS).
• Expertise and hands on experience with Windows Server and Linux Operating system administration.
• Good problem solving and logical thinking skills (ability to transform business requirements into programmable solutions).
• Excellent Reporting and Communication skills.
• Experience in planning and delivering technology-based projects.

• Ideal candidates will be innovative and able to work in a fast-paced environment.
• You will be comfortable working with deadlines and have a passion to keep enhancing your skills.

• We are looking for excellent PHP/Node.js Developers ranging from Junior - Senior Level to work on a variety of Client projects in developing high performance web applications.
• You will be responsible for managing back-end services and the interchange of data between the server and the users.
• Your primary focus will be the development of all server-side logic, definition and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end.
• You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by the front-end developer into the application.
• Therefore, a basic understanding of front-end technologies(HTML, CSS, less & Sass) is necessary as well.

• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server side logic
• Writing reusable, testable and efficient code.
• Collaborate with the software development team on continuous integration and delivery as well as automated and manual testing to ensure good quality solutions are delivered
•  Participating in an agile delivery process, research and recommend new solutions.

• Strong knowledge of PHP web frameworks {{such as Laravel, Yii, codeigniter) or Node.js:
  • Understanding the fully synchronous behavior of PHP
  • Understanding of MVC design patterns
  • You should be comfortable working with APIs.
  • Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript/Vue HTML5, and CSS3,
  • Knowledge of object oriented PHP programming
  • Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
  • Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
  • Experience with Container tech like Dockers.
  • Integration of data storage solutions not limited to - MongoDB, couch base, firebase, postgresql, riak,
  • Understanding accessibility and security compliance
  • Strong knowledge of the common PHP or web server exploits and their solutions
  • Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
  • User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
  • Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system
  • Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
  • Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases and their declarative query languages

• Ideal candidates will be innovative and able to work in a fast-paced environment.
• You will be comfortable working with deadlines and have a passion to keep enhancing your skills.