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Applications Database Engineer Careers – ABSA Bank
Posted by: ugashare-Volunteer
Posted date: 2025-Mar-12
Location: ampala, Uganda
Job Title:  Applications Database Engineer Organisation: ABSA Bank Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda About ABSA Bank Absa Group Limited (formerly Barclays Bank UK) is a diversified standalone African financial services group, delivering an integrated set of products and services across personal and business banking, corporate and investment banking, wealth, investment management and insurance. Absa Group Limited is listed on the JSE and is one of Africa’s largest diversified financial services groups with a presence in 12 countries across the continent and around 41 000 employees. Job Summary:   Oversee the design, development and setup of database platforms to enable In Country data and analytics initiatives. This role will ensure secure and optimized design of database systems. And will provide support to the data and analytics and digital transformation teams ensuring robust, secure and reliable database systems are in place and always accessible. Key Duties and Responsibilities: Database Management & Administration: - Install, configure, and maintain database systems (e.g., SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL).
- Monitor database performance and implement necessary improvements for optimal speed and efficiency.
- Ensure regular database backups and data recovery in case of system failure.
- Implement and maintain database security policies to safeguard sensitive data.
Data Integrity & Security: - Perform regular database audits to identify and mitigate potential risks.
- Implement encryption and other security measures to protect data.
- Enforce user access controls and monitor user activity for compliance with company policies.
Database Optimization: - Analyze and optimize queries, indexing, and database design to improve performance.
- Fine-tune database performance for high-availability systems, ensuring minimal downtime.
- Ensure efficient data storage and retrieval, reducing redundancy and improving data access times.
Support & Troubleshooting: - Provide support for database-related issues, resolving technical problems efficiently.
- Assist in troubleshooting and resolving issues with database connections, performance, and backups.
- Work with other teams to implement database solutions for business applications.
Documentation & Reporting: - Maintain accurate and up-to-date documentation on database configurations, processes, and maintenance schedules.
- Provide regular reports on database performance, security, and backups.
Collaboration: - Collaborate with software developers, data analysts, and IT teams to ensure the databases support business applications.
- Participate in project planning for database-related projects, including migrations, upgrades, and data integration.
- Performs any other work-related tasks as may be allocated through the department leadership.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
Experience and Qualifications:-The successful candidate must have experience in, and be able to -:- - At least 3 + years of experience in a similar DBA role, in a sizeable organization with a global footprint (1000+ employees), which provides a functional and serviceable platform for the business, across multiple hardware and software platforms.
- Experience in UNIX systems administration.
- Strong knowledge of database management systems (DBMS) such as SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL.
- Exposure to the Banking/ ICT Industry
- A good understanding of technology strategic issues in the banking or financial services sector
- ITIL V2/V3 experience
- Communicate effectively with business analysts, project leadership, architects, developers and others across the organization
- Work collaboratively across the business and IT communities by working cooperatively with others to accomplish department and project objectives
- Be seen as a team player that exhibits critical thinking and confidence and has credibility across the project team
- Thin/Slim client technologies, Desktop hardware and associated peripherals.
- Preferred / Advantage
- Certifications in Database Management in any of the following (Oracle Certified Professional, Oracle Certified Associate, Oracle Database 19c Data Guard Administration, Microsoft SQL Server certification) is highly desirable.
- Experience in database backup, restore, and disaster recovery processes.
- Familiarity with cloud-based database services (e.g., AWS RDS, Azure SQL).
- ITIL certification.
- Knowledge of database security practices, including access control, encryption, and auditing.
- Experience with database performance monitoring tools (e.g., SQL Profiler, Oracle Enterprise Manager).
Education - Higher Diplomas: Physical, Mathematical, Computer and Life Sciences (Required)
How to Apply: All suitably qualified and interested candidates who wish to join ABSA Group in the aforementioned capacity should apply online at the link below. Click Here  Deadline: 21st March 2025  For more of the latest jobs, please visit https://www.ugashare.com or find us on our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Ugashare Job Title:    Senior Sales Executive Organisation: Raxio Uganda Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda… Job Title:    Director General Organization:  East African Development Bank (EADB) Duty Station:  Kampala,… Job Title:  Platforms Architect and Support Organisation: ABSA Bank Duty… Job Title:  Manager, Assets & Liabilities Management    Organisation: PostBank Uganda… Job Title:  Digital Channels, Agency Banking and Absa Wallet Support… Job Title: Internship (Several University Student Jobs) Organisation: DFCU Bank Duty…
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