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Kenya Power owns and operates most of the electricity transmission and distribution system in the country and sells electricity to over 4.8 million customers (as at June 29, 2016). The Company’s key mandate is to plan for sufficient electricity generation and transmission capacity to meet demand; building and maintaining the power distribution and transmission network and retailing of electricity to its customers. The Government has a controlling stake at 50.1% of shareholding with private investors at 49.9%.
Summary
Reporting to the Principal Systems Administrator, the successful candidates will ensure effective provisioning and maintenance of core database platform to ensure availability, reliability and data integrity of the mission critical business systems.
The specific tasks will entail:-
Ensure database security through secure access, monitoring, control, and routine security evaluations.
Perform standard configuration, management, and maintenance tasks for database systems and underlying server infrastructure.
Perform and test database configuration backups and restores to ensure system recovery from error or outage.
Perform and test data backups and restores to ensure disaster recovery.
Deploy database patch releases according to best practices.
Anticipate, mitigate, identify, troubleshoot, and resolve hardware and software problems on all systems.
Monitor, test, and tune database performance; preserve and provide database log files as needed.
Implement contingency plans to guarantee systems operations during emergencies.
Implement efficient preventative maintenance schedules for servers, consoles and peripherals.
Support capacity planning and the development of long-term strategic goals for systems and software in conjunction with end-users and department managers.
Coordinate with network engineers and system administration functions to implement systems that utilize industry best practices to meet corporate objectives.
Interested applicants must possess the following;-
Job Specifications
Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical & Electronics Engineering or related field from a recognized Institution.
Oracle Certified Associate (OCA) for Database Administration.
Certification in Unix/Linux or Microsoft operating system(s) will be an added advantage.
One (1) year relevant experience in oracle database administration
Technical Capabilities & Key Competencies
Strong understanding of database structures, theories, principles, and practices.
Working technical experience with designing, building, installing, configuring and maintaining Oracle Databases.
Hands-on hardware and software troubleshooting experience.
Good technical knowledge of current server, storage and network hardware and standards, including clustering.
Understanding of best practice in database administration and trends
Excellent planning, presentation, evaluation skills
Creativity and innovation
Drive for results and achievement
Insightful, proactive and future focused
Demonstrates high level of integrity
