The Open University of Kenya aims to address the pressing issue of limited capacity in traditional universities by employing innovative teaching and learning methodologies, including online and distance education.

The Duties And Responsibilities Shall Include But Are Not Limited To:

• Design, develop, test, train and maintain scalable and efficient database storage solutions in line with emerging trends and best practices in database development and administration.
• Perform database monitoring, tuning, and performance optimization to ensure availability and performance of all database applications meet the recommended service levels.
• Develop technical solutions and new security tools to help mitigate database security vulnerabilities and automate repeatable tasks in the database administration.
• Perform regular security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions to avert data integrity compromise by ensuring that all databases and database servers within the University and the cloud are Secure.
• Perform regular database backup operations and implement appropriate strategies processes for data protection and disaster recovery procedures.
• Formulation of technical and managerial reports to support university management in decision on matters pertaining to data, systems and projects.
• Maintain documentation of data storage and operational procedures as per industry best practices.

For Appointment To This Grade, One MUST Have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Telecommunication engineering or a related field from a recognized University.
• Professional Certification:
  • Database administration certification (Professional level)
  • Oracle Certified DBA or Microsoft Certified DBA or IBM Certified DBA or other relevant DBA professional certification
  • Systems administration certification:
    • Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) or Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) and Certified Linux/Unix Administrator
  • Any additional relevant ICT certifications.
• Minimum of three (3) years proven hands-on experience administering enterprise level databases in a high-availability network environment and, supporting private & public cloud computing infrastructure, resources, services, Storage and virtualization infrastructure.
• Competencies and Attributes
  • Experience with administration of windows and Linux/Unix server operating systems, enterprise databases backup and recovery procedures.
  • Knowledge of security approaches within cloud and data center infrastructure
  • Experience with Virtualization platform (VMware or  Proxmox or others)
  • Experience with Infrastructure performance monitoring tools.
  • Experience in project management, application design and integration, and cloud computing
  • Proficiency in open-source database engines and tools