Senior Database Administrator
GoldenRule
- R Undisclosed
- Contract Senior position
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Johannesburg
- Posted 10 Oct 2025 by GoldenRule
- Expires in 34 days
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Job 2624459 - Ref GDR03702
About the position
Role Description
The Database Administrator will be responsible for the design, implementation, maintenance and performance optimisation of the company’s databases, particularly those supporting Alchemy and the murex pilot. This role ensures data integrity, availability and efficient data flow.
Key Contributions
Database Provisioning Configuration (DBA)
- Set up and configure the Database (e.g. Amazon RDS instance or EC2-based database) for the alchemy pre-production environment.
- Configure database parameters, backups and recovery strategies.
- (if Murex Pilot specific database setup) Support provisioning and configuration for the Murex pilot.
Data Synchronization Migration
- Design and implement initial data loading and synchronization/replication strategies from existing Alchemy environments to the AWS database.
- Ensure data integrity and consistency ensuring transfers.
- Support data mapping efforts between Alchemy/Company sources and Murex data models.
Performance tuning Optimization
- Monitor database performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement tuning strategies.
- Optimize queries and database schema for efficiency.
Security and access Management
- Implement database security best practices (e.g. user roles, encryption, access controls).
- Manage database user accounts and permissions.
Troubleshooting Support
- Provide expert level support for database related incidents and problems.
- Collaborate with application teams to resolve database related issues.
Documentation Standards
- Document database architecture, configurations and operational procedures.
- Help define and enforce database standards and best practices for the company.
- Proven experience (7+ years) as a database Administrator with expertise in relational databases (e.g. SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL)
- Experience with cloud-based database services (e.g. Amazon RDS)
- Strong proficiency in SQL and database scripting
- Experience with database backup, recovery and replication strategies
- Understanding of database performance tuning and optimisation techniques
- Familiarity with data warehousing concepts and ETL processes
- Experience in a financial services environment is highly desirable
Desired Skills:
- Systems Analysis
- Complex Problem Solving
- Programming/configuration
- Critical Thinking
- Time Management
GoldenRule
About the agency
GoldenRule is positioned as a Strategic Resourcing Partner. We are IT Services company with a Total solution offering around staffing issues.
We currently offer the following services:
* Contracting of GoldenRule fulltime staff to our clients for in-house or external projects.
* Permanent placements
* Temporary placements to permanent placements
* Allowing our fulltime employees to accept job offers from our clients to add further value.
* All candidates are technically evaluated for each position. (GoldenRule makes use of an In-house evaluation methodology and Teckcheck)
* Hosting learnerships. We hold the risk in developing junior resources. Ideal for AA candidates.
* We are able to provided local, AA and international skills.
* With international resources meticulous attention is given to Work Permit issues and the relocation of our employees. GoldenRule has an attentive program for relocation and integration of our employees into South Africa. This includes accommodation in furnished guesthouses, transport to and from work, assistance with various forms of finance and obtaining banking products etc.
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