Job Description:
Key responsibilities
- Design and Maintenance: Design, build, and maintain database architecture, data structures, and ensure compatibility with organizational needs.
- Security and Access: Implement and enforce security policies, manage database access, and create user permissions to protect data from unauthorized access and breaches.
- Performance and Optimization: Monitor and tune database performance, optimize queries, and implement strategies for high availability and disaster recovery.
- Backup and Recovery: Develop and implement regular database backup and recovery strategies to ensure data reliability and minimize downtime.
- Collaboration and Support: Work with other IT teams (such as developers) to integrate database systems, and provide technical support and expertise to resolve issues.
- Documentation and Standards: Develop and maintain documentation for all database systems and establish and enforce database standards and policies.
- Upgrades and Migrations: Plan and implement database upgrades, migrations, and data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) processes.
Essential skills and qualifications
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Expertise in database design, development, and management.
- Proficiency in database technologies, such as SQL.
- Knowledge of database security, backup, and recovery principles.
- Ability to monitor and optimize database performance.
- Strong communication skills to collaborate with various teams.
- Experience in data management and data analysis is often required