Senior Sybase DBA recruitment

Job ID: 11636

Position Description:
SunGard's Asset Management segment provides business-critical investment and operational support to asset management businesses in 30 countries, spanning the world of traditional and alternative investment. Our customers include institutional investors, hedge funds, private equity firms, and third party administrators. Our systems support every stage of the investment process, from portfolio management, risk and valuation to compliance, accounting, and transfer agency. With more than 1,000 staff in financial centers around the world and more than $25 trillion processed on our platforms, our business is a global leader in asset management technology.
*In line with the Black Economic Empowerment programme, we will only be considering applications from South African citizens*

•Responsible for all functions associated with database administration, management, and support of the sybase databases;
•Install and maintain Sybase databases including security, back-up, logging, reporting, trouble shooting, and recovery procedures;
•Assist with tuning complex application SQL queries with multi level joins. Some queries created by code generator software;
•Work closely with production support teams monitoring and troubleshooting database processes;
•Work closely with other DBA team members to manage all technical aspects of database management and process tuning;
•Manage User access and auditing;
•Assist in maintaining and improving database operational efficiency;
•Perform daily, weekly, and monthly data maintenance tasks;
•Ensure data availability to support OLTP and OLAP reports and various reporting requirements;
•Manage installs and setup configurations;
•Create, develop, implement, and test backup and recovery procedures;
•Collaborate with the application development staff for release migration to upgrade ASP software regions;
•Install and configure logical database replication for DR sites;
•Provide analytical troubleshooting support during production outages.

Position Requirements:
•Minimum 3 to 5 years hands-on operational experience with Sybase 12.5 or 15.0 DBMS;
•Minimum of 3 to 5 years of experience with performance tuning complex queries;
•Minimum 3 to 5 years hands-on operational experience with Sybase Replication;
•Must have experience with UNIX scripting;
•Minimum 3 to 5 years hands-on experience creating and testing Disaster Recovery architectures;
•Must have good verbal and written communication skills;
•Must have good analytic problem solving skills;
•Will require 40 to 50 hrs per week with occasional weekend and off-hours support;
•Must be self starter, able to work both independently and within a team environment;
•Nice to have experience with Oracle 10g or 11g database administration;
•Ability to plan, organize and work on multiple tasks simultaneously.

Education

•Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent of experience and education

*In line with the Black Economic Empowerment programme, we will only be considering applications from South African citizens*