The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) was established by an Act of Parliament, Chapter 469 of the laws of Kenya , which became effective on 1st July 1995 . The Authority is charged with the responsibility of collecting revenue on behalf of the Government of Kenya. A Board of Directors, consisting of both public and private sector experts, makes policy decisions to be implemented by KRA Management. The Chairman of the Board is appointed by the President of the Republic of Kenya . The Chief Executive of the Authority is the Commissioner General who is appointed by the Minister for Finance. PURPOSE OF KRA Assessment , Collection, Administration and Enforcement of laws relating to revenue.

Purpose of the job

Database Administration in enterprise systems.

Key Responsibilities of the job

• Formulation and implementation of strategies, policies and procedures on database’s availability, security and recoverability.
• Identification and resolution of database issues to ensure services are available as required for business operations.
• Research, development and application of emerging technologies in database administration;
• Documentation of database configurations.
• Ensure conformity to ISO (9001/2015 and 27001/2013) and data security requirements
• Management of Performance, Audit and Integrity programmes

Requirements

  Academic qualification:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Information Technology, or any other IT related field from a recognized university.
• Post Graduate degree in IT related field is an added advantage.

Professional Qualifications

• Certification in any of the following; Database Administration (Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server, etc.), System Administration (Red Hat Linux/windows)
• IT Governance e.g. COBIT 5 or ITIL, Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence, Project Management certification is an added advantage
• Membership in a recognized IT related professional body.

 Work experience

• The post holder to have at least Four (4) years’ experience in Database Administration in a large or busy organization with at least one (1) year in a supervisory role.
• Working Knowledge of relational databases (Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server, etc.) and common operating systems platforms i.e. Linux or Windows
• Project management.

Key Competencies:

• Resilience, Focus, result oriented and a team player
• Strong analytical, diagnostic, decision making and problem solving skills
• Attention to details and ability to work under minimum supervision.
• Proactivity and strong interpersonal skills