Database Administrator

Keen to build your career as a Database Administrator in Lephalale, Limpopo? This could be the role for you. The successful candidate will play a central role in the day-to-day success of the team.

The team looks after its own and expects the same in return. The team is tight-knit, dependable, and quick to support one another. Strong performers can expect clear paths to greater responsibility. If you meet the requirements below, we encourage you to apply today.

Discretion and confidentiality are essential given the sensitive nature of the work.

Collaboration & Agile Delivery

• Work closely with product owners, UX designers, and quality assurance engineers throughout the development lifecycle to ensure features meet acceptance criteria, user experience standards, and non-functional performance and security requirements.
• Document technical architectures, system configurations, operational runbooks, and troubleshooting guides in the team knowledge base, and mentor junior developers through pair programming sessions and lunch-and-learn knowledge-sharing presentations.

System Maintenance & Support

• Provide second and third-level technical support for complex hardware, software, and network issues escalated from the service desk, diagnosing root causes through systematic troubleshooting and implementing permanent resolutions within agreed service levels.
• Implement and maintain comprehensive data backup and disaster recovery solutions by scheduling regular full and incremental backups, testing restore procedures quarterly, and documenting recovery runbooks with step-by-step instructions for all mission-critical systems.
• Manage and monitor network infrastructure including routers, switches, firewalls, wireless access points, and VPN gateways, ensuring secure, stable, and high-performance connectivity across all office locations and for remote workers accessing corporate resources.
• Administer and maintain server infrastructure across Windows and Linux environments including operating system installation, routine patch management, performance monitoring, and proactive capacity planning to ensure high availability of critical business systems.

Software Development & Architecture

• Collaborate with business analysts and stakeholders to translate functional requirements into detailed technical specifications, system architecture designs, logical data models, and comprehensive API contracts before commencing each development sprint.
• Design and implement robust database schemas, stored procedures, indexing strategies, and query optimisation techniques to ensure efficient data retrieval and referential integrity across high-volume transactional and analytical reporting workloads.
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable software applications using modern programming languages and frameworks, writing clean, well-documented, and testable code that adheres to established coding standards, design patterns, and SOLID principles.

• Strong understanding of IT service management frameworks such as ITIL and experience with helpdesk and ticketing systems.
• For cloud and DevOps roles, hands-on experience with AWS or Azure and proficiency in infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform.
• A commitment to continuous learning and staying current with emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices.
• Proficiency in relevant programming languages and technologies such as C#, Java, Python, JavaScript, PHP, SQL, or similar.
• A bachelor's degree or diploma in computer science, information technology, software engineering, or a related field.