Job Description

Premier Switch Solutions S.C. (PSS) is a leading Electronic Payment Processing Company, established by major private banks of Ethiopia. The Company has implemented the first multi-institution shared-switch infrastructure to provide its member banks with a state of the art payment technology to drive ATM, POS, e-commerce, Mobile Banking and other payment channels and provide clearing of Debit/Credit card transactions for the banks. 

Currently, PSS has vacant position stated below and would like to invite applicants who meet the qualification and required experience listed for this job opening. 

Description of Duties and Additional Requirements

Technical Capability:

• Strong database administration (Performance tuning, Backup and Recovery) skills in Oracle 11g and/or 12c on Linux based environment.
• Have experience in a grid or RAC environment.
• Ability to install, backup, restore, monitor, plan capacity, replicate, design, and troubleshoot an oracle database.
• Configures and maintains database servers and processes, including monitoring of system health and performance.
• Managing tools for providing early warning and alerts, and monitoring system capacity utilization and taking proactive steps to avoid over utilization.
• Experience with Oracle tools such as OEM, RMAN and ability to analyze diagnostic results.
• Have good skills and experience in writing task scripting, schedule jobs
• Conduct quality control and auditing of databases to ensure accurate and appropriate use of data are in practice
• Conducts proactive maintenance of IT infrastructure with minimal supervision including maintaining high level of systems availability, monitoring systems performance and reliability to mitigate outages and system interruptions.
• Works closely with other personnel to understand and implement application requirements for server/network/storage tuning, and configuration changes.
• Consults in design of new applications and services to ensure they can be support by the infrastructure.
• Diagnoses and resolves technical issues, conduct root cause analysis, and demonstrate consistent level of accuracy with basic problem resolution.
• Responds to and resolve assigned client requests.
• At times when required, must be able to cross-train and perform other server and database functions.
• Have hands on experience on Oracle Weblogic

Required Personnel : two

NOTE: The duties and responsibilities of the Senior DBA shall not be limited to the above lists but may include related tasks as required by his/her immediate supervisor.

Job Requirements

Educational Qualification

• BSc or Above in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering or relevant field of study
• 4 years of related experience.

Certification:

• Certifications in Oracle database systems and/or Oracle Weblogic is advantageous.

Additional Requirements:

• A hand on experience on RedHat Linux or Linux based environment is required.
• Knowledge of electronic payment and bank industry is advantageous.
• Have good communication skill and strong team player habit.
• Willing to work additional hours as per business need. 

How to Apply

• Interested applicants who meet the required qualifications and experience are invited to submit their updated CV and copies of relevant documents within 10 working days of this vacancy announcement.
• We only accept applications sent via our email: pss.hr@pss-ethiopia.com
• Please also write clearly for which position you applied on the email subject line.

NB. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted