Database Management Officer at Providus Bank

Providus Bank Plc is a Personal and Private commercial bank in Nigeria with strength in IT infrastructure and digital channels to support fin-techs and businesses.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Database Management Officer

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• Database Management Officer is a specialized IT professional responsible for overseeing the entire lifecycle of databases within an organization, from design and development to maintenance and optimization.
• The role requires a strong understanding of database systems, security practices, and collaboration with other IT teams to ensure the reliability and efficiency of the organization's data infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Installation, configuration and upgrading of DBMS database management system e.g. Oracle, MSSQL, Maria and MYSQL server software and related products.
• Perform fault diagnosis, troubleshoot, and correct problems that occur within operational database
• Document, develop, test and implement updates to operational databases.
• Recommends system enhancements to maximize application efficiency.
• Support the core banking application.
• Database Management, ensuring data integrity and database uptime.
• Perform timely database backup and recovery in line with procedures and policy to achieve overall banks’ objective of business continuity.
• Implement and maintain database security (create and maintain users and roles, assign privileges) in line with banks procedures and Policies.
• Make exception reports on database related issues.
• Perform database tuning and performance monitoring in line with policies and procedures.
• Setup and maintain documentation and standards.
• Perform general technical trouble shooting and give consultation to development teams.
• Maintain 100% uptime of all databases hosting various applications been maintained by the bank
• Proactively monitor the database systems to ensure secure services with high availability.
• Improvement and maintenance of the databases such as rollout and upgrades

Requirements

• B.Sc in Computer Science, Engineering or any related course of study
• 3 - 6 years of experience with a financial institution
• Storage Management
• Pl SQL
• SQL
• Relational Database Skill (Oracle, Ms SQL Etc).
• Non-Relational Database Skill (Nosql) 
• Backup Utilities.
• Database Configuration and Installation
• Restore and ensure database backup validity.
• Database Patching
• Security and database user management.
• Database tuning and monitoring.
• Database issues resolution and escalation.
• Documentation.
• Linux / Unix Administration

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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