Oracle / Solaris / EMC Storage Administrator Job in Kenya

Our Client is an IT company currently recruiting a Storage Administrator.

Position Objectives: The principle objective of this assignment is to provide Database Administration in fast-paced environment

Position Responsibilities:

• Provide  primary systems dba support of all Oracle rac & standalone databases and related systems on Solaris SPARC, Solaris x64, AIX and Linux.


• Provide primary application dba support of specific global database applications, performing application releases, app/data patching.


• Lead database development, tuning and optimization expertise to application development and support teams on an ah-hoc or continual basis.


• Contribute towards Architecture, Engineering of Db solutions. Develop, Document and Deploy Standards and Procedures to comply with Audit, Configuration, Industry and Security baselines.


• Maintain complete inventory, config and documentation of deployed systems.


• Engineer high availability Database Systems based on Oracle Server.


• Remediate database security baselines, policies, standard procedures and best practices..


• Cross train members of the Database team in all responsibilities and maintain a daily and weekly rotation schedule for these.


• Liaise with application and business clients to gather requirements, design and deploy standard systems which clearly differentiate between production, development, UAT, and DR.


• Identify operational and infrastructure risks within the environment and work with the application development team and CM business to make corrections and mitigate risks.


• Ensure that all systems are backed up and monitored according to the business requirements and notify the data owners when there are failures.


• Ensure optimal resilience of deployed systems and meet all disaster recovery and compliance requirements dictated by the business.


• Liaise with UNIX/Storage/Network Engineers in troubleshooting issues.


• Interface with external vendors in troubleshooting complex, cross-platform issues.


• Provide comprehensive cross-training for engineers and support personnel on front-line database client troubleshooting and support

Position Requirements:

• Expert knowledge of Oracle, development and administration with 2-3 years+ as Oracle DBA in a production environment.


• Must have extensive and proven troubleshooting, recovery, db and app optimization & administration experience in large and mission critical enterprise environments (50+ managed servers).


• Strong Unix, Windows experience (sysadmin/power-user level reqd.), Programming & Shell scripting skills, Perl.


• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or related area preferred

If you feel you fit the above role, please send your CV only quoting the job title on the email subject to jobs@alternatedoors.co.ke

N.B: We do not charge any fee for receiving your CV in our database nor for interviewing.

Only candidates short-listed for interview will be contacted. 

For unsolicited applications, please drop your CV in our offices (Devan Plaza, Westlands 4th Floor) Monday to Friday- 3pm- 5.30pm ONLY.