Job Description
Department of Information Technology
Job Title: DB head of section
Direct Manager: Data management Department Manager
Identification
- Technical and administrative supervision of the DB section
- Participation and follow-up in Data management Department development projects, digital transformation projects and software and application development.
- Participating and contributing to the operational processes of Data management Department and providing logistical and technical support to the Bank in various departments and branches.
- Participating and contributing to the necessary studies, analysis, and recommendations by Banking system Department, to improve the bank's work and provide the best in the world of banking programs, technologies, and systems
Duties and Responsibly
- Manage card DB section activities and following up on achievements.
- Managing databases and ensuring their proper functioning on all operating systems
- Follow-up of day-to-day business procedures related to DB Section
- Managing databases user accounts and granting the necessary privileges to them.
- Create new databases and evaluate test results before approval and transfer to the live environment.
- Implementing information security policy and confidentiality of information and data, participating in ensuring their effectiveness and development in relation to the production DB environment.
- Identifying weaknesses and problems in databases and working to address them.
- Ensure that the archiving programs are working properly
- Monitor databases and apply required improvements.
- Daily follow-up of database backup logs
- Extracting the necessary technical reports that give a image of the performance of databases and submitting them to the Data Management Department manager.
- Ensure that precautionary measures are taken in case of problems in the databases
- implement high availability on all sensitive systems
- perform SQL Tuning for all systems to ensure the best systems response.
- execute the necessary databases checks and evaluating to ensure data security, integrity and privacy.
- Ensure the safety of backup copies periodically according to the procedures and policies followed
- Supervising the development and maintenance of Databases in the Bank according to the plans and time limits in this regard
- Prepare the necessary infrastructure to operate the alternate site in terms of databases
- Prepare the Capacity Plan study for storage spaces periodically and submitting it to the Data Management Department manager
- Create automatic monitoring programs to avoid any problems in the databases
- Creating a historical record showing technical and non-technical problems that appear on the databases used in the BANK, including time, manner of addressing them, the root cause in addition to documenting the security and preventive measures taken
- Addressing the problems of database section radically.
- Coordinate with departments and sections of the Information Technology Department in implementing various projects and solving problems related to databases.
- Prepare Section policies and procedures in coordination with the Data management Department manager.
- Submit report on the section achievements to Data management manager.
- Participating in the implementation of the Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) and the Crisis Management Plan (CMP).
- Participating in the development Business Continuity Plans (BCP) that contain procedures for resuming work in the event of an emergency and develop and review them periodically
- Ensuring that the bank’s compliance with PMA and regulatory instruction.
- Addressing the problems and observations contained in the reports of internal and external auditors in a radical way to prevent their recurrence in the future in coordination Data management department manager
- Evaluation of DB section staff performance
- Continuous evaluation of the DB t tasks to ensure distribution, workflow, and good performance according to policies and in coordination with Data management department manager
- Ensure that the daily operations conducted to the approved policies and procedures.
- Contribute to providing distinctive technical support to the various departments and branches of the Bank.
- Study the available alternatives from employees on an ongoing basis with the aim of providing the replacement employee for all the basic jobs in the various sections to maintain the permanence of the work
- Submit accident reports to the concerned authorities for all incidents related to the activities of the DB section and follow-up on incident handling
- Any other tasks assigned by direct supervisor
Qualifications and Experience:
- Bachelor of Information Technology/ Computer Science or any related discipline with 12 years of experience in DB administrator
- Or Master of Information Technology/ Computer Science or any related discipline with 10 years of experience in DB administrator
- Very good experience in various databases (Oracle, SQL server and MYSQL) - Certificate (OCP / SQL Server) preferred
- Very good experience in Oracle Cluster
- Very good experience in Oracle Data Guard
- Very good experience in Rman
- Very good experience in various operating systems
- Very good experience in troubleshooting and fixing problems
- Very good experience in database security, backup and restore, and performance monitoring standards
Languages:
- Excellent command of written and spoken English.
Skills:
- A leading and creative person.
- High ability to communicate with others
- Work under pressure