Ministry of Education and Sports Database Administrator Jobs in Uganda

Ministry of Education and Sports Database Administrator Jobs in Uganda

Purpose of the Job

To maintain the availability, performance, security, and integrity of the EMIS database systems.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

The main responsibilities and duties of the Database Administrator are:

To Maintain data standards, including adherence to the Data Protection Act;

To ensure that the physical database design
is aligned with the EMIS specifi cations and
requirements.

To Monitor database performance, tuning and
problem solution;

To Reorganize data structures as needed and
initiating vendor support;

Attending to users’ access requirements and
resolving their problems;

To ensure uptime and availability of the database outside of scheduled down time maintenance

To Review and troubleshoot database error logs
and system logs affecting the database

To provide data migration services between
databases in staging, production, and development environments

Monitoring and running end of day operations;

Providing assistance in database design, and
standards and recommend optimal criteria;

Any other duties as assigned from time to time

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

Applicants should be Ugandans holding an
Honors Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology; or Information Science / Systems; or Computer Science; or Software Engineering from a recognized University/Institution.

Should have a minimum of 3 years of working
experience in a similar role in Government or
reputable private sector organization.

Practical experience as a DBA maintaining
relational database systems such as PostgreSQL,
MySQL, Oracle, SqlServer etc.

Strong working experience with Structured Query Language (SQL)

Familiarity with Systems Development Lifecycle
methodology

and AGILE methodology.

Working experience in Linux and Windows
system administration at command line interface
level e.g., copying/moving fi les, setting up batch processes, using native operating system text editors, searching and pattern matching etc.

Familiarity with DevOps and cloud implementations like Google Cloud, AWS EC2 or
Digital Ocean

Practical experience in data modeling and
business process modeling using software engineering tools such as Navicat, CA Erwin,
PowerDesigner etc.

Practical experience implementing relational
databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, SqlServer etc.

How to Apply

Applications should accompanied by a detailed
Curriculum Vitae, copies of certifi cates and
testimonials, and at least three competent referees, one of whom must be a current or previous employer should be received not later than 31st March 2023, 5:00pm East African Time.

All applications should be addressed to;
The Commissioner, Human Resource Management
Ministry of Education and Sports, Embassy House,
King George VI Way,
P.0 Box 7063, Kampala, UGANDA
Hard copies should be hand-delivered to the
Security Registry (Floor 4, Room 1), Embassy
House

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