Airtel Rwanda: JOB DESCRIPTION

(Deliverables, Decision level, Demonstrate & Dimensions)

Job Title: Database Administrator

Proposed Level:

Department: IT

Location: Airtel Rwanda HQ.

Reporting to: IT Infrastructure Manager

Date:

Purpose of the Job (Brief)

The Database Administrator will be managing all the company databases to ensure availability and efficiency

Deliverables (Maximum 5-6 key responsibilities)

This section requires the top five accountabilities that role is to deliver own. Written in outcome language, this is not a listing of tasks but a grouping of tasks to determine outcomes required from the tasks.

Expected Key Results

Activities (Detailed KPIs)

Efficiency of databases.

• Monitoring the database health and performance.
• Checking alerts and acting accordingly.
• Performing routine backups and ensuring backup integrity.
• Analyzing query performance and optimizing slow queries.
• Handling replication issues and ensuring data consistency.
• Creating and managing indexes to improve performance.
• Ensuring data integrity and consistency during backup and restore operations.

Availability of database

• Checking for database uptime and availability
• Monitoring system resource usage and acting accordingly
• Handling basic connectivity issues.
• Investigating and resolving complex performance issues.
• Performing point-in-time recovery and testing recovery procedures.

Planning and implementation of database related projects

• Designing and modifying database schemas.
• Implementing normalization and denormalization techniques.

Decision level

This section requires an overview of the decisions taken by the role holder and who actually takes accountability for the decisions. It is a description of primary versus shared responsibility or where one only contributes to decisions.

Prime:

Shared:

Contributory: Makes a major contribution to a decision

Demonstrate (Key competencies)

This section requires an overview of the skills, education and experience required to do the job at a satisfactory level. It is not a list of the job holder’s qualification.

Skills critical to the role:

• Excellent communication, presentation and organizational skills
• Working in a team environment

Educational Level:

Must have:

• Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Information Technology or Computer Science or related Information Communication Technology related disciplines.

Working Experience:

Must have:

• At least 3 years of experience in database administration
• Sound Knowledge of any database from oracle, DB2, Postgres databases.
• Knowledge of Linux and windows operating systems
• Ready to join within 30 days

Dimensions

Impact of position:

Impact on customers (Please select one of the options below):

i) Type of customers

Mainly Internal X Mainly External Internal & External

No. of Subordinates :

Approvals

Job Holder’s signature

Line Manager’s signature

Please submit your updated curriculum vitae – CV on recruitment@rw.airtel.com before 15th October 2024.