Are you passionate about database administration and ready to lead dynamic teams? BET Software is seeking a skilled DBA Technical Lead to join our vibrant teams in Durban and Johannesburg. As a Technical Lead, you'll collaborate closely with the Team Lead to plan, design, and execute technical solutions. If you're ready to drive projects to excellence, embrace technological innovation, and make a significant impact, this is your chance to shine. Apply now and embark on a rewarding journey with us.
You Bring:
- 5-7 years experience in a commercial environment utilizing a high transaction database.
- 5+years experience in PostgreSQL/MS SQL - all aspects.
- Advanced SQL skills and query writing skills.
- Advanced troubleshooting SQL skills.
- Optimise queries and database performance through indexing, query tuning, and appropriate database configuration settings.
- Support to PostgreSQL/MS SQL DBA team in a 24/7 production shift work environment.
- Expertise with Postgres system metrics and optimisation strategies.
- Experience with PostgreSQL/MS SQL performance tuning, replication, clustering, and disaster recovery solutions.
- Great communication skills and a passion for both teaching and learning.
Technical Leadership
- Provide technical leadership to the team through collaboration sessions and knowledge sharing initiatives.
- Engage regularly with software architects in order to ensure the development within the team is according to architectural guidelines.
- Work with other DBAs/developers, and architects to make sure that the solutions meet application requirements and performance goals.
- Ensure checked-in code is reviewed to ensure standards are met and the code base is sound.
- Ensure that all technical solutions that are rolled out consider compatibility with other environments and dependencies; have a high usability factor; are reliable to reduce down time and perform at maximum efficiency during peak periods of usage; consider security at its highest level (third party attacks; data protection etc).
- Drive the adoption of processes within the team which consider and meet the expectations of technical throughput rates and responses; processing times; effective resource utilisation during operation and where the system or solution ensures maximum operational capacity requirements are met.
- Ensure rigorous testing of any solution before deployment and create standards and processes within the team to align to these.
- Ensure the delivery of a complete and technically appropriate solution which covers all the agreed specified tasks and user objectives and has been tested thoroughly.
- Ensure relevant documentation is provided to support teams to reduce development support load.
- Where possible work to develop and implement a quality mechanism for the solution to analyse its own faults and provide reports prior to a critical failure.
- Develop the solution in a manner which supports modification for future DBAs thereby reducing the numbers of defects or negatively affecting system quality.
- Recommend and implement emerging database technologies.
- Implement improved processes that have a positive effect on the teams performance and company bottom line.
- Take an active involvement in problem resolution and where necessary works after hours to ensure that problems are resolved.
- Shows foresight to prevent errors or delays in projects.
- Demonstrate initiative by understanding, acquiring and implementing new knowledge and skills both within team and to the wider group.
- Incorporates the new abilities into the day to day operational activities to improve performance of products and systems.
- Ensure techniques, technologies, tools and processes used are in line with industry best practices.
- Identify team members requiring a specific knowledge, skill or understanding and seek ways to impart or upskill the team members through coaching and mentorship.
- Verify the knowledge has been imparted successfully and if not, take steps to rectify gaps in transfer of the knowledge.
- Provide technical guidance to the team through collaboration sessions and knowledge sharing initiatives.
- Actively drives a culture of collaboration and open communication within the team.
- Actively promotes authenticity and drives the spirit of diversity, inclusion, equity and belonging within the team.
- Actively drives a culture of versatility and adaptability bymodelling and encouraging team members to support each other not only within the department, but within BET Software as a whole.
- Actively become a change agent and drive continuous learning within the team thus ensuring that the team approaches all tasks or challenges with enthusiasm and proactivity.
At BET Software, we don't just recruit talent, we cultivate it. Our learning and development programmes, our various opportunities for growth, and our well-deserved incentives are what keep our All-Star Team the best amongst the rest.
Please note that only Team members who meet the stipulated minimum requirements will be considered.
