Access Bank Plc is a financial institution with presence in 9 countries in Africa and the United Kingdom and in all major cities in Nigeria. Also referred to as the Africa’s Bank of Best Practice, Access Bank operates on a platform of strong ethics, governance and professionalism.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Database Administrator

Location: Lagos
Job type: Full-time (Onsite)
Department: Information Technology

Description

• Maintaining maximum availability performance, integrity, and security of the Bank’s Databases.
• Provides technical expertise in the design, implementation, and maintenance of database management systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Installing and configuring database software for new applications.
• Monitor performance of the Bank’s database in order to provide fast responses to front-end users.
• Backup, restore and recovery of databases.
• Tuning database performance to enhance query processing.
• Identifying and resolving performance issues on the database.
• Ensure database security is implemented to safeguard the data.
• Providing assistance to users with database-related issues.
• Work closely with application developers and system administrators to ensure all database needs are being met.
• Creation of schema/users and granting them required privileges to the database.
• Daily support for the Bank’s End of Day activities.
• Maintenance of the Bank’s Disaster Recovery Databases to ensure real time replication and maximum performance.
• Preparation and distribution of database performance reports.

Requirements
Educational & Professional Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, related numerate science or engineering discipline.
• Database related certifications are desirable.
• 0 – 3 years of experience with relational databases.

Key Skills & Competencies:

• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Good interpersonal and customer care skills.
• Working knowledge of relational databases.
• Sound knowledge of backup and restore procedures.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.