The University of Nairobi, a body corporate established under the Universities Act 2012 of the laws of Kenya and the University of Nairobi Charter, is the pioneer institution of University education in Kenya and the region. The only institution of higher learning in Kenya for a long time, the University of Nairobi responded to the national, regional and Africa’s high level manpower training needs by developing and evolving strong, diversified academic programmes and specializations in basic sciences, applied sciences, technology, humanities, social sciences and the arts

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Job Specifications (Applicants shall have)

• Either a BSc. Degree OR a Higher Diploma in either Computer Science or Information Systems or equivalent qualifications from a recognized learning institution, plus five (5) years experience at the level of ICT Officer Grade ABC. In addition, must have one (1) year experience in Database Administration in a corporate environment.
• Must Possess the following: technical skills in Database design and implementation; effective communication and good interpersonal skills and good systems analytical and diagnostic skills.

Duties and responsibilities:

• To assist in planning, designing, implementation and management of the University corporate Databases
• To assist in evaluation, installation, testing, configuration and maintenance of database and related products software.
• To carry out database backups, performance monitoring and tuning, data recovery.
• To ensure database security and assist systems developers with database issues.
• To perform any other duties assigned by the Deputy Director (Data Centre & Network Services)