Database Administrator Recruitment at Leadway Pensure PFA Limited

Leadway Pensure PFA Limited (“Leadway Pensure”) was incorporated on the 25th day of August, 2004 as a Pension Fund Administrator in accordance with the provisions of the Pension Reform Act 2004. Formed by a consortium of three (3) major financial service companies, Leadway Pensure is one of the most capitalized PFA’s in Nigeria with an authorized share capital of N2.0 Billion. Our shareholder’s fund is in excess of N7.0 Billion, unimpaired by losses. Since its inception, we have positioned ourselves as one of Nigeria’s foremost Pension Fund Administrators.

Leadway Pensure boasts of extensive national coverage as well as in-depth experience in pension administration and fund management for prominent corporate organizations, states, and federal government institutions. Our shareholders have a combined experience of over 125 years in the delivery of professional fund management services.

Our outstanding experience, expertise, technology, and transparency positions us to deliver on our promise of providing you simple, coherent, efficient and exceptional quality service. Leadway Pensure PFA is reputed for her professional business ethics and corporate governance, which are driven by the unflinching level of integrity of its Directors and Shareholders.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Database Administrator

Job Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• To manage and maintain the smooth operation of the global Database team to deliver excellent.
• Database Administration services in support of critical Applications platforms.
• Manage the organization’s database technology and associated schemas to allow secure, efficient and effective access to the organisation’s structured data.
• Testing new database and data systems.
• Database Administration: Ensuring Database Availability, Ensuring Database Integrity and security, Backup and Restore/Recovery - Optimization of Maintenance plans (Backup and restore), Performance tuning and Index optimization, Monitoring and Troubleshooting, Database user management, Storage/Resource planning, Plan and implement regular system upgrades to enhance service continuity and user experience.
• Reporting - Building Query templates for faster access to reports by end-users.
• DB related IT Application issues Review and Resolutions.
• Supporting the team in minimizing user/system down time through Change Management.
• Adherence to authorization chain before creation or modification of database objects.
• Scoping and managing Business Intelligence solution.
• Escalate unresolved system issues to appropriate vendors and manage these in accordance with agreed service level agreements to minimise user/system downtime.

Qualifications

• A University Degree, preferably in Computer Science, Engineering, or other numerate disciplines.
• Certifications in the leading database management systems, i.e., Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, IBM DB2, Sybase and MySQL.
• Certifications in Project Management is an added advantage
• 3+ years of experience with Oracle, Microsoft SQL and MySQL database administration.

Competencies:

• Experience with Business Intelligence product administration.
• Conceptual knowledge of all and in-depth knowledge of some of the following: Technical Architectures, Configuration Management, Software Development Life Cycle, Operating systems, Database systems

Knowledge:

• Familiarity with the main data manipulation languages and the principles of database design.
• Business awareness and understanding of business requirements of IT