Senior Database Administrator

A bit about us:

Our bench is in the back of a strip-mall storefront, where we image laptops and swap failed drives. We support about 60 local businesses, most within 30 minutes of the office. Company vehicles are provided for techs who drive to client sites.

Position summary:

This role opened up after a team member moved internally. We need someone who checks the backups before anyone asks, and who can explain a query plan to a developer. Remote, open to candidates across Zambia. Standard office hours, Monday to Friday, with flexibility around them. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

Main duties:

• Migrate databases to Amazon RDS, Aurora or Azure SQL
• Respond to after-hours database incidents on a rotating schedule
• Plan capacity for storage, memory and CPU growth
• Automate maintenance with PowerShell, SQL Agent jobs or Bash

Skills and experience:

• Experience with high availability and disaster recovery setups
• Understanding of Windows Server and Linux as database hosts
• Willingness to work occasional nights and weekends for maintenance windows
• Proven query and index tuning ability
• Deep knowledge of at least one of SQL Server, Oracle or PostgreSQL
• Familiarity with SAN storage and VMware virtualization basics

Why work with us:

• Pension contribution
• Data and airtime allowance
• 13th month salary

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Bramwell Business Technology.