‘’Make a difference to thousands in the land of a thousand hills’’

VisionFund Rwanda (VFR), is Rwanda’s largest microfinance Institution. VFR is committed to the development of Rwanda through providing affordable financial services (savings and loans) to the less privileged throughout its 4 zones in Rwanda.

VFR is the institution where you can develop your expertise working with the best people worldwide in a dynamic, team focused high performance environment. If you are looking for interesting but challenging work where you can make a difference in the world, then VFR has the will to make it so.

VisionFund Rwanda (VFR) has zero tolerance to abuse and sexual exploitation of children and adults beneficiaries. We expect all our employees/affiliates to commit to protecting children and adult beneficiaries from harm and abide by our safeguarding policy.

Post: Database Administrator

Directly reporting to: Head of IT.

SPECIFIC DUTIES TO BE PERFORMED

• Implement and manage database replication, backup, and recovery strategies, ensuring data integrity and business continuity.
• Optimize database performance by monitoring database systems, analyzing query performance, and implementing indexing strategies and tuning techniques.
• Implement and maintain database security measures, including access controls, encryption, and auditing mechanisms.

• Regularly Backing up and restoring as necessary all databases for VFR applications
• Ensuring Database replication and reporting tools are up and running and that DR Site Report Server contains real time report templates.
• Monitoring performance of the VFR Banking applications and managing parameters to provide fast responses to front-end users;
• Investigate and analyze system data imbalance and advise on the corrective action;
• Allocating system storage and planning future storage requirements for the database system
• Writing VFR database documentation, including data standards and procedures;
• Documenting and communicating to the concerned Vendor through established Ticketing systems, the database errors logs or any other issue raised by business in case is it not able to be fixed internally.
• Perform trainings to end users on new system and reports where necessary
• Work Closely with the systems Vendors (fintech and or telecom) and consultants for application deployment and integrity including the CBS, ERP and Digital solutions.
• Perform end of financial activities (EOD, EOM and EOY) and keep the documentation of success status.
• Generating various reports by querying from database as per the business needs;
• Developing and automating reports as per the business requests.
• Ensure End month VFI Reports are timely shared to the concerned business teams
• Ensure every month, the CRB reporting team is supported with CRB report (both Groups and Individuals).
• Ensure every month necessary reports are produced and uploaded in the online platforms as per VFR and VFI business requirements.
• Ensure Daily EOD Reports are sent to the business before start of the day
• Share every Monday the listing of all activities performed of the previous week
• Perform any Other tasks assigned by hierarchical supervisor

EDUCATION REQUIRED

At least Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, data science, computer engineering or a related field.

 PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE DESIRED

• Minimum of 3 years of experience as a Database Administrator or in a similar role
• Hands-on experience in both open-source and commercial database solutions
• Experience with database monitoring and performance tuning tools.
• Knowledge of backup and recovery tools and strategies.
• Familiarity with virtualization technologies and cloud-based database solutions.
• Familiarity with programming languages
• Experience within a bank or microfinance is high advantage
• Familiarity with producing regulatory and management reports is added advantage
• Knowledge of report design tool such Jasper or crystal report is added advantage
• Knowledge of managing database on a Linux environment such suse enterprise is added advantage.
• Having writing Database Scripting experience/ skills is must.

SPECIAL QUALIFICATION ( IF ANY)

(skills and other qualities required)

• Proficient in database management systems especially Oracle and SQL Server.
• Having an OCA or OCP or any other database related certification would be advantage

How to apply

Should you wish to apply for this position, please go to the following link https://worldvision.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WorldVisionInternational/details/Database-Administrator_JR38423

If the aforementioned position speaks to you, send your updated application via the above mentioned Link by or before 15^th December 2024.

In case you face any challenges in applying, please let us know on: recruitment@vfcrwanda.rw (no applications will be accepted through this email).

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.