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Database Administrator – ICT Department at ABC Bank (African Banking Corporation Limited)

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Job Overview
Employment FullTime
Location Nairobi Kenya
Experience At least 3 years
Education Level Bachelor's Degree
View More in Jobs > Information Technology (ICT)
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The Incumbent will be responsible for the installation, configuration, upgrade, administration, monitoring and maintenance of the organization’s databases on Windows, Linux and Unix platforms.

REPORTING TO: MANAGER – DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR

The incumbent will perform amongst others the below responsibilities;

  • Routine Database Administrator tasks; that is running health checks to ensure optimal Database performance on Linux, Solaris and Windows servers.
  • Planning Capacity, managing Space while ensuring storage allocation.
  • Installation, administration and troubleshooting of Oracle databases using best practice on Linux/Solaris/Windows.
  • Implementation, administration and troubleshooting Oracle data guard for Primary Data Replication.
  • Handling Oracle Data guard switchover, switchback and failover in case of production environment outage.
  • Implementation of Oracle database security measures.
  • Managing oracle database users and Database security.
  • Unix Shell scripting for Oracle database backup automation – Cron jobs.
  • Maintaining availability and integrity of oracle 10g/11g/12c databases.

Minimum Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience

  • Bachelors’ degree in Information Technology or related degree.
  • Certification in Linux, Solaris Unix, Oracle database, MSsqlserver or PostgresSQL administration.
  • At least 3 years of experience in managing Solaris, Linux servers and Oracle databases
  • Dependable and honest, with ability of maintaining confidentiality with high level of integrity and professional ethics.
  • A conceptual thinker with ability to organize, plan, coordinate, prioritize and deliver projects in time.
  • Participates effectively in a team-based information and value sharing environment.
  • High client service orientation (internal and external) and initiative to solve problems, decision making, excellent analytical and communication skills – good interpersonal skills including oral and written communication. 

How to Apply

If you believe you meet the above requirements, send your applications to the following address:
recruitment@abcthebank.com on or before 8th May 2026. Please put the position applied for as the subject of the email.

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