Description
Brevco Services is looking to hire a Functional Systems Administrator for Afghanistan supporting NATO.
SC or NATO Secret required.
Principal Duties:
Installation, configuration, upgrade, administration, monitoring and maintenance of all physical databases deployed on all security domains.
Synchronisation and replication of databases as required
User data migration as required.
Gathers user requirements to design, develop, maintain, and test databases
Ensures data consistency/availability across databases
Works with a wide variety of databases
Develops and conducts database maintenance practices/planning to include availability, performance, resilience, sizing, capacity, housekeeping, backups/storage strategy
Monitors usage, generates reports, identifies and manages database security issues
Develops and conducts database user and administrator training as required
Prepares and manages processes for reporting deficiencies and requesting changes to database components or systems.
Prepares and maintains database system baseline documentation and procedures.
May be required to do shift duty
QUALIFICATIONS
ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATION
1. Professional/Experience:
Should have at least 4 years experience administering operational databases in a production environment.
Microsoft (MS) SQL Server Administration
MS Access Front End and Back End programming
Oracle Database Administration
POSTGRESQL RDBMS Administration
2. Education/Training:
Completion of Communications Information Systems (CIS) university degree or completion of vocational training leading to a formal database related technical or professional certification.
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATION
1. Professional/Experience:
MS SQL Cluster technology administration
Previous experience in a Military environment
ITIL experience highly desirable.
Knowledge of ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) concepts
Experience programming BMC SDE (Service Desk Express)/Remedy
Knowledge/Experience in project management principles/processes
6 years experience system administration
Previous experience of a military or CIS environment
Experience in the CIS Service Desk support arena