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Job Overview

Posted

about 2 months ago

Deadline

9th Jan, 2026

Location

Nairobi, Kenya

Job Type

full time

Safaricom

Database Administrator

Safaricom

Posted

about 2 months ago

Deadline

9th Jan, 2026

Location

Nairobi, Kenya

Job Type

full time

Job Description

You will be responsible for the administration, performance tuning, and third-line support of all enterprise database systems, including both open-source and proprietary platforms. You will manage the full database lifecycle, ensure high availability and security compliance, and automate administrative tasks to improve efficiency.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field

  • More than four years of hands-on administration of large-scale database environments across open-source and enterprise platforms

  • Proficiency in at least three major RDBMS and two NoSQL technologies (e.g., PostgreSQL, GaussDB, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, Cassandra, Redis, MongoDB)

  • Strong capabilities in performance tuning, troubleshooting, migrations, ILM, replication, clustering, sharding, and high-availability

  • Extensive experience managing databases on Linux/Unix and Windows

  • Experience administering PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, and MongoDB across development, test, staging, and production environments

  • Experience with cloud deployments (AWS RDS) and on-premises setups

  • Skilled in designing conceptual, logical, and physical data models

  • Experience optimizing data movement and integrity

  • Experience automating administrative tasks using Bash, Python, or Ansible

  • Hands-on expertise with AWS-hosted PostgreSQL, high-availability architectures, replication, encryption, disaster recovery solutions, and scalable, secure cloud database operations

  • Holds or can hold certifications across major database platforms (PostgreSQL, GaussDB, MySQL, Oracle, MongoDB, Cassandra, SQL Server), cloud certification (AWS), and OS certifications (LPIC, RHCE)

  • Exposure to big data technologies (Hadoop, Spark), event-driven systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and data analysis or machine learning methods

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About the Company

Safaricom PLC is a listed Kenyan mobile network operator headquartered at Safaricom House in Nairobi, Kenya. It is the largest telecommunications prov...

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