Job Title: Database Administrator
Location: Uganda
Job Code: 1034
# of openings: 1
Description
FINCA International, one of the world's leading microfinance institutions, provides financial services to more than 950,000 clients through 21 wholly-owned and operated subsidiaries in Africa, Eurasia, Latin America and the Greater Middle East. FINCA International is looking for a Database Administrator. This role will involve responsibility on the environmental aspect of database management systems. These include recoverability (creating and testing backups), verifying data integrity, defining and/or implementing access controls to the data, ensuring maximum uptime of database, ensuring maximum database performance given budgetary constraints, developing and testing support.
Essential duties:
Test programs or databases, correct errors and make necessary modifications.
Modify existing databases and database management systems or direct programmers and analysts to make changes.
Plan, coordinate and implement security measures to safeguard information in computer files against accidental or unauthorized damage, modification or disclosure.
Work as part of a project team to coordinate database development and determine project scope and limitations.
Write and code logical and physical database descriptions and specify identifiers of database to management system or direct others in coding descriptions.
Train users and answer questions.
Specify users and user access levels for each segment of database.
Approve, schedule, plan, and supervise the installation and testing of new products and improvements to computer systems such as the installation of new databases.
Review project requests describing database user needs to estimate time and cost required to accomplish project.
Develop standards and guidelines to guide the use and acquisition of software and to protect vulnerable information.
Review procedures in database management system manuals for making changes to database.
Develop methods for integrating different products so they work properly together such as customizing commercial databases to fit specific needs.
Develop data model describing data elements and how they are used, following procedures and using pen, template or computer software.
Select and enter codes to monitor database performance and to create production database.
Establish and calculate optimum values for database parameters, using manuals and calculator.
Revise company definition of data as defined in data dictionary.
Review workflow charts developed by programmer analyst to understand tasks computer will perform, such as updating records.
Identify and evaluate industry trends in database systems to serve as a source of information and advice for upper management.
Knowledge and skills:
3+ years of experience within a technical support environment, including hardware, software and network support Experience using relational databases; DBA certification is desirable.
Proven ability to resolve problems efficiently and effectively; Experience programming in a database query language;
Previous experience as a database administrator.
ability to recognize competence level of the user and address each situation appropriately
Experience working in a heavy pressure environment preferred
Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
Proven success in contributing to a team-oriented environment
Proven ability to balance, prioritize and organize multiple tasks
Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills
Fluency required in English
Qualifications
Basic degree in computer science or equivalent, experience of not less than 3 years in a senior information systems position in a reputable financial services organization or related institution.
Language Skills
Fluency in English required.
FINCA International Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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