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Closing Date
2025/09/02
Reference Number
SAS250819-1
Job Title Database Administrator
Job Type Permanent
Division Business Change and Technology
Department Applications
EE Occupational Levels Level 6: Specialists
Location – Town / City Johannesburg
Location – Province Gauteng
Location – Country South Africa

Job Advert Summary
The primary role of the Database Administrator (DBA) is to ensure that data is available, structured, protected from loss and corruption, and easily accessible. The DBA will be expected to manage, maintain, and secure data in one or more data systems to ensure that users can perform business-related analyses. This role will be responsible for data storage, display, utilisation, and analysis (on premise and on MS Azure).

Minimum Requirements
Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or IT relevant Degree
• Microsoft certified Database Administrator (Added Advantage)
• Cloud Certification (Added Advantage) and Relevant Database certificates

Experience

• Minimum of 5 year’s proven MS SQL Database Administration
• Minimum of 2 years Microsoft Synapse experience
• MySQL experience (added advantage)

Duties and Responsibilities
Database Installations

• Collaboration on the initial installation and configuration of a new databases either SQL/ MYSQL or Azure.
• Installation and configuration of database related software.
• Handling of data transfer from the existing system to the new platforms / cloud.
• Manage and maintain SFTP server and application.

Database Maintanance

• Manage SQL, MySQL and Azure Server databases to support various applications during projects and production.
• Manage Synapse and Power Bi.
• Maintenance of database servers and updating of processes/SOPs.
• Ensure high levels of performance, 97% availability and sustainability.
• Ensure that databases logs are tracked, issues are resolved on time.
• Works closely with IT Project Managers, Business Analysts, Enterprise Architects, Suppliers, Infrastructure team and development teams.
• Provide support to Application Productions team, Application Developers and Infrastructure team.
• Participates in the configuration, tuning and troubleshooting of the databases in use in Development, QA and Production.
• Performs backup recovery through restore testing and ensure databases are backed up accordingly.
• Participates in IT patch management to mitigate any application risks and remediate database vulnerabilities.
• Provide support for business-critical systems; and perform scheduled maintenance and support release deployment activities.
• Analyse and optimize database queries and indexing strategies.

Database Security

• Ensure potential weaknesses are identified and addressed for all on premise and Azure databases.
• Implementing best practices to minimise risks.
• Ensuring that there are audit logs should there be any security breach.
• Recommend best security practices for Databases to achieve business objectives (in line best practice and regulations), advises on risk assumptions for any variances granted, and provides alternatives to achieve desired end results.

Monitoring and reporting

• Database Performance monitoring and resolution implement and maintain storage, archiving,
  backup, and recovery procedures function correctly.
• Monitor database health and its performance on regular basis.
• Produce reports on various database e.g., capacity, availability, jobs run etc.
• Provide Business Intelligence (BI) Dashboard support.
• Provide necessary support for business Intelligence function through access management.
• Conduct regular performance audits and provide recommendations.
• Monitor Azure resource and Synapse costs.

Policy Holder Data Acquisition

• Support business with Policy Holder Data acquisition programme by ensuring data is collected and availed for reporting purposes.
• Provide support for Policy Holder Data to enable business for data management.

Research and continuos improvement

• Research, identify and recommend database improvements.

Adhoc tasks

• Tasks allocated by management and any initiatives driven in IT department to support the Strategy.

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About Sasria

We provide special risk insurance to government institutions such as municipalities, hospitals, schools, among many others, private organisations and individuals that own assets within the borders of South Africa. Our special risk insurance is affordable, voluntary and covers your valuables damaged during unforeseen public unrest, civil commotion, strikes, riots and terrorism.

Who we are

Sasria is a public enterprise listed under schedule 3B of the Public Finance Management Act No 1 of 1999. We are a non-life insurance company that provides coverage for damage caused by special risks such as politically motivated malicious acts, riots, strikes, terrorism and public disorders.

Our journey began over 40 years ago, after becoming inspired by courageous young people who shaped the course of history for South Africans through a series of demonstrations and protests known as the 1976 Soweto Uprising. View our milestones.

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Dual mandate

As a state-owned entity, we report to the Minister of Finance via the National Treasury. We serve two fundamental strategic directives; the first being a legislative one that calls for a focus on research and investigation of any risks that can be considered to be of national interest.

The second mandate involves driving a positive contribution to transform the financial services industry in line with the National Development Plan. This creates a sustainable economic and social environment for South Africans.

What we stand for

We are an organisation that is proud of the rich culture, heritage and diversity we have in our country. We believe that our country has enormous potential to thrive despite its challenges. In saying that, we prioritise distributing value first and foremost to our clients, then to South Africans through our socio-economic development activities and our employees by providing job security, professional growth, and career opportunities.

Our insurance protection solutions are affordable to ensure that our country continues to be an attractive investment destination that delivers economic continuity and social stability for all South African businesses and individuals, at large.

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