Database Administrator
Publish Date
Closing Date
Location
Kabul
About Ministry of communication and IT
The Ministry of Communication and IT (MCIT) of Afghanistan is to facilitate and pave the way for Mobile Network Operators to provide high Quality Communication, IT Services for the Afghan People at Affordable prices. The Ministry has been actively Advocating for a positive change in the society by connecting the Afghan people to knowledge and resources, which will enable them to improve the quality of their lives. The Afghan Government aims to establish a stable and Democratic Political Environment, rule of law, and a Favorable Regulatory Environment for Business.
Based on the Afghan Government Telecom Service Fee law, all telecom services are subject to 10% service fee. In order to implement the law MOF, MCIT and ATRA have been assigned the task to establish a Real Time Data Management System for the purpose of transparency in controlling the 10% Service Fee deduction and collection throughout the country and to report ICT sector revenue.
The System should have online interface with all operators to get the VC recharge/any recharge message from Operators Billing, Core,VAS systems whenever subscriber do top-up or recharge then operators systems should also send online message to RTDM /RA System.
Job Summary
Database Administrators (DBA) is responsible for the overall administration of the existing database software. DBA is responsible for maintaining the integrity and performance of RTDMS databases and guarantee that data is stored securely and optimally. Through control access, DBA ensure the security of RTDMS data. The DBA ensures that all database systems meet business and performance requirements considering the availability, integrity and confidentiality of the data.
Job Details
| Date Posted: | 19 Feb 2018 | Reference: | MCIT - NTA - 002 |
| Closing Date: | 28 Feb 2018 | Work Type: | Full Time |
| Number of Vacancies: | 1 | Gender: | Any |
| Functional Area: | IT | Open Ended: | NO |
| Nationality: | Afghan | Salary Range: | As per NTA Salary Scale Policy |
| Contract Type: | Contractor | Years of Experience: | 10 Year(s) |
| Contract Duration: | 0 Year(s) & 0 Month(s) | Extension Possibility: | Yes |
| Probation Period: | 3 Months | ||
Duties and Responsibilities
• Define users and enable data distribution to the right user, in appropriate format and in a timely manner
• Use high-speed transaction recovery techniques and backup data
• Minimize database downtime and manage parameters to provide fast query responses
• Provide proactive and reactive data management support and training to users
• Determine, enforce and document database policies, procedures and standards
• Perform tests and evaluations regularly to ensure data security, privacy and integrity
• Monitor database performance, implement changes and apply new patches and versions when required
• Applying third party upgrades to existing databases.
• Identify inefficiencies in current databases and Investigate solutions.
• Diagnose and resolve database access and performance issues.
• Plan and coordinate data migrations between systems.
• Ensure all database systems meet business and performance requirements.
• Produce ad-hoc queries and develop reports to support business needs
• Creation and maintenance of technical documentation
• Development and maintenance of Data Warehouse
• Use ETL Tools to manipulate data as per business needs
• Ensure data AIC (Availability, Integrity and Confidentiality)
• Optimize database systems for performance efficiency.
• Perform space management and capacity planning for database systems.
• Identify any issues related to database performance and provide corrective measures.
• Perform data back-up and archival on regular basis.
• Troubleshoot database related issues in a timely fashion.
• Develop best practices for database administration activities.
• Updates job knowledge by studying state-of-the-art development tools, database techniques, and computing equipment; participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
• Any other related task assigned by the supervisor.
Skills
1. Proven working experience as a Database administrator
2. Hands-on experience with database standards and end user applications
3. Excellent knowledge of data backup, recovery, security, integrity in SQL Server and Oracle
4. Previous experience with DBA case tools (frontend/backend) and third party tools. (MCDBA certification preferred)
5. Strong knowledge of database performance tuning, database security, promoting process improvement, problem solving, presenting technical information, quality focus, database management/administration, data maintenance, operating systems, and information security policies.
6. Deep technical knowledge of enterprise databases
7. Administering expertise in the SQL server, MySQL, Oracle, PL SQL, and SQL Reporting Services/Tools.
8. Strong knowledge of SQL Server replication, mirroring and failover cluster configuration
9. Knowledge of remote storage configuration and administration of backup and DRS
10. Expertise in any of the Standard ETL tool.
11. Competent teamwork abilities.
12. Strong documentation and organizational skills.
13. Analytical thinking abilities.
14. Database development/administration experience in the field of telecommunication is highly preferred.
Qualifications
Bachelor Degree (BSc) and at least 10 years of professional work experience in database administration, database development/administration, computer science or related fields with solid foundation in database and MIS administration. (Master Degree Preferred)
Job Location
Afghanistan - Kabul: PROVINCIAL CENTER (KABUL)
Education:
Bachelors Degree, IT
Submission Guideline
CVs with cover letter should be submitted ELECTRONICLY. Please include position title in the subject line of the e-mail. Only short listed candidates whose application responds to the above criteria will be contacted for interview.
Please note that, all RTDMS/RA staff will sign the Guideline and procedure developed for working with the RTDMS/RA system and must follow the procedure.
Email:
Submission Email
recruitment@mcit.gov.af