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Junior Database Administrator (DBA)
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Junior Database Administrator (DBA)
Location: (Remote)
Employment Type: Full-Time
Experience: 0–1 Year
About The Role
We are looking for a motivated Junior Database Administrator (DBA) to join our Technology team. This is an excellent opportunity for recent graduates and early-career professionals who are passionate about databases, data management, and enterprise systems.
You will assist in maintaining, monitoring, and optimizing organisational databases while ensuring data integrity, availability, and security. You will work alongside experienced database professionals and gain practical experience with database administration, backup strategies, performance monitoring, and troubleshooting.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist in maintaining and monitoring SQL databases and database servers.
- Perform routine database backups, recovery, and maintenance activities.
- Monitor database performance and identify optimisation opportunities.
- Support database security, user access management, and permissions.
- Troubleshoot database-related issues and resolve incidents under supervision.
- Assist developers with database design and query optimisation.
- Maintain database documentation and operational procedures.
- Support system upgrades, migrations, and database patching activities.
- Ensure compliance with data governance and security policies.
- Participate in continuous improvement initiatives for database performance and reliability.
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Required Skills & Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
- Basic understanding of relational database concepts.
- Knowledge of SQL and database querying.
- Familiarity with Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle Database.
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
- Good communication and teamwork abilities.
- Strong attention to detail and organisational skills.
- Willingness to learn enterprise database technologies.
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Preferred Skills
- Academic projects involving database design or management.
- Familiarity with cloud databases on Microsoft Azure or AWS.
- Knowledge of database backup and recovery concepts.
- Understanding of database security and performance tuning.
- Exposure to Power BI or reporting tools.
- Microsoft SQL or Oracle certifications are advantageous.
Benefits
- Graduate mentoring and structured training programme.
- Remote working arrangements.
- Professional certification support.
- Exposure to enterprise database environments.
- Career progression into Database Administration, Data Engineering, Cloud Database Administration, or Infrastructure Engineering.
- Competitive salary and comprehensive employee benefits.
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