Database Administrator

Database Administrator (Intermediate to Senior)

Location: Centurion, Gauteng (On-site)
Contract Type: 3-Year Fixed-Term Contract

Are you an experienced Database Administrator with a passion for designing, implementing, optimising, and securing enterprise database environments while contributing to strategic technology initiatives?

Our client is seeking an experienced Database Administrator (Intermediate to Senior Level) to join their team on a 3-year fixed-term contract based on-site in Centurion.

This is an exciting opportunity for a technically strong database professional who enjoys working across enterprise environments, driving database performance, ensuring business continuity, and supporting long-term technology strategies. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring database reliability, performance, scalability, and alignment with business objectives while contributing to system architecture design and strategic technology initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Database Design & Administration

• Design, implement, maintain, and optimise enterprise database environments.
• Develop and maintain database standards, policies, and procedures.
• Ensure database scalability, availability, and performance.
• Plan and execute database migrations, upgrades, and deployments.

Database Optimisation & Performance Management

• Monitor, analyse, and improve database performance.
• Perform advanced query tuning and indexing strategies.
• Identify bottlenecks and implement performance improvement initiatives.
• Optimise storage utilisation and database resource allocation.

System Architecture Design & Implementation

• Contribute to solution architecture and infrastructure planning.
• Design database architectures that align with business and technical requirements.
• Evaluate new technologies and recommend architectural improvements.
• Support cloud, hybrid, and on-premises database environments.

Security & Governance

• Define and implement database security frameworks.
• Manage user access controls and data protection mechanisms.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, governance, and audit requirements.
• Implement and maintain encryption, monitoring, and security controls.

Backup, Recovery & Business Continuity

• Develop and maintain backup and recovery strategies.
• Manage disaster recovery planning and testing.
• Ensure high availability and business continuity requirements are met.

Stakeholder Management

• Collaborate with application development, infrastructure, and business teams.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior Database Administrators.
• Participate in project planning and solution design discussions.

Documentation & Continuous Improvement

• Maintain architecture, configuration, and operational documentation.
• Develop best practices and standards for database environments.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across database operations.

Minimum Requirements

Qualifications

• NQF Level 6 qualification in one of the following:
  • Information Technology
  • Software Development
  • Computer Science
  • Related IT discipline

Experience

• 5–8+ years' experience in database administration within enterprise environments.
• Proven experience with database design, optimisation, and management.
• Experience in system architecture design and implementation.
• Strong experience with SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, or similar enterprise database platforms.
• Experience supporting High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) environments.

Technical Skills

• Advanced SQL and database performance tuning.
• Database design and data modelling.
• Database administration across multiple platforms.
• High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions.
• Backup, replication, clustering, and failover technologies.
• Database security and governance.
• System architecture design and implementation.
• Cloud database technologies (Azure, AWS, or similar) advantageous.
• Scripting and automation skills (PowerShell, Python, Bash, or equivalent).

Key Competencies

• Strategic and Analytical Thinking
• Advanced Problem-Solving Skills
• Strong Leadership and Mentoring Capability
• Stakeholder Engagement and Communication
• Project and Priority Management
• Decision-Making and Accountability
• Continuous Improvement Mindset

What's on Offer

• Opportunity to join an organisation on a 3-year fixed-term contract based on-site in Centurion.
• Play a key role in designing, implementing, and managing enterprise database environments that support critical business operations.
• Contribute to strategic technology initiatives, including system architecture, cloud database technologies, and enterprise infrastructure planning.
• Work across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises database environments while driving database reliability, security, scalability, and performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional technology teams and provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior Database Administrators.
• Opportunity to drive continuous improvement initiatives while supporting high-availability enterprise database environments.