SQL Senior Database Administrator

Job Purpose

Provide advanced technical expertise and specialist support for the Hybrid SQL Database platform across on-premises, private cloud, and public cloud environments. Contribute to platform architecture, engineering standards, modernization initiatives, automation, resilience, security, and performance improvements. Support the adoption of cloud-native database technologies, DevOps, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), and platform engineering practices while providing technical guidance, operational support, and subject matter expertise to engineering teams and stakeholders.

Job Responsibilities

• Contribute to the evolution and implementation of the Hybrid SQL Database platform roadmap.

• Support the development and adoption of SQL engineering standards, patterns, reference architectures, and best practices.

• Participate in modernization initiatives including cloud migration, automation, platform transformation, and technical debt remediation.

• Provide specialist expertise on Azure SQL, SQL Managed Instance, Platform-as-a-Service, and related database technologies.

• Assist with the implementation of Infrastructure-as-Code, configuration management, and automated deployment practices.

• Contribute to database automation, self-service capabilities, API integrations, and Database-as-a-Service initiatives.

• Research emerging technologies and provide technical recommendations to support platform and business objectives.

• Support platform performance, scalability, availability, recoverability, and resiliency improvements.

• Collaborate with architects, cloud engineers, cybersecurity teams, and product teams to align database solutions with enterprise standards.

• Contribute to observability, monitoring, telemetry, and proactive health management practices.

• Participate in technical reviews, design assurance activities, and implementation quality assessments.

• Support disaster recovery, business continuity, compliance, and security requirements across database environments.

• Provide expert technical support and escalation assistance for complex database and platform issues.

• Mentor and coach engineers and database administrators within the SQL domain.

• Contribute to DevOps, CI/CD, automation, and engineering productivity initiatives.

• Participate in proof-of-concepts, technology evaluations, and innovation activities.

• Conduct knowledge-sharing and technical enablement sessions.

• Support the achievement of business strategy, objectives, and values.

• Contribute to Nedbank culture-building initiatives.

• Participate in corporate responsibility initiatives aligned to business objectives.

• Identify opportunities to improve processes, systems, and ways of working through agile thinking.

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate

• Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees

Essential Certifications

• Cloud fundamentals

• SQL and/or other database certifications

• Cloud Database related certification (AWS and/or Azure) - Advantage

Minimum Experience Level

• Min 5 IT Experience

• 3 years experience in Database Administration

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• SQL, PostgreSQL and MongoDB, MongoDB Atlas

• Information Technology (IT) Architecture

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Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at +27 860 555 566