{"id":1450682,"url":"https://alion.io/job/simplify-hr-proprietary-limited-database-administrator","title":"Database Administrator","company":{"id":1891733,"name":"Simplify HR","domain":"simplify.hr","url":"https://alion.io/company/simplify-hr","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":null,"truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":75,"open_postings":375,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":1,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":49,"computed_at":"2026-10-02T05:45:00Z"}},"role":"Data Science","role_family":"Data Science","seniority":null,"employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["South Africa"],"countries":["ZA"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":26000,"max_usd":61000,"period":"year","method":"role_country_seniority_unknown","sample_n":13},"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Active Directory","optional":false},{"name":"Azure","optional":false},{"name":"ITIL","optional":false},{"name":"Least Privilege","optional":false},{"name":"MS SQL","optional":false},{"name":"SQL","optional":false},{"name":"Windows","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-10T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-10","last_verified_at":"2026-09-29T13:23:43Z","board_verified":false,"closed_at":null,"days_open":23,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":23},"description":"CCG Systems is an ICT sector and is well known to specialize in the implementation and support of ERP systems as well as Payroll & HR Systems to which our clients are made of mostly Municipalities throughout South Africa. Our company is looking for a potential candidate to join our IT team in the capacity of a Database Administrator, to be based at our Head Office.\nThe Database Administrator is responsible for the availability, performance, security, integrity, reliability and recoverability of the organisation's databases. The role will administer and support production, development and UAT database environments, with particular focus on Microsoft SQL Server and databases supporting critical business applications, ERP, financial, billing and reporting systems. The DBA will ensure that databases are properly maintained, monitored, secured and backed up, while providing technical support for database-related incidents, performance issues, system implementations, upgrades and disaster recovery activities. The position requires a high level of technical discipline because the databases support business-critical and financially sensitive applications.\nFormal Qualification required\n\nDiploma or Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Database Administration; or a related field. Relevant Microsoft SQL Server certification.\n\nMicrosoft Azure database-related certification. ITIL Foundation or equivalent service-management certification. Relevant cybersecurity certification\n\nLegal Requirements\n\nValid code B driver’s license and own transport\nPassed credit and criminal checks\nS.A Citizen, Resident or Valid S.A Work Permit\nDatabase Administration\n\nInstall, configure and maintain Microsoft SQL Server environments.\nCreate, configure and maintain databases.\nManage database instances, databases, schemas and database objects.\nMonitor database health and availability.\nPerform routine database maintenance.\nManage database growth and storage requirements.\nMonitor database capacity and proactively identify potential capacity constraints.\nMaintain accurate database documentation and configuration records.\nSupport production, development, testing and UAT database environments.\nDatabase Performance Management\nMonitor database and SQL Server performance.\nInvestigate slow-running queries and database performance issues.\nAnalyse execution plans and identify inefficient queries.\nPerform query optimisation and performance tuning.\nManage indexes and statistics.\nInvestigate blocking, deadlocks and long-running transactions.\nIdentify CPU, memory, disk I/O and storage-related database bottlenecks.\nEstablish performance baselines and monitor deviations.\nRecommend infrastructure or database configuration improvements where required.\nBackup and Recovery\nDesign, implement and maintain database backup strategies.\nMonitor the successful completion of scheduled backups.\nPerform full, differential and transaction-log backups as required.\nRegularly test database restoration procedures.\nMaintain backup retention policies.\nInvestigate and resolve failed backups.\nEnsure databases can be recovered within defined recovery requirements.\nParticipate in Disaster Recovery planning and testing.\nMaintain appropriate Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and Recovery Time Objective (RTO) procedures\nDatabase Security\n\nManage SQL Server users, roles and permissions.\nImplement role-based access controls.\nEnsure the principle of least privilege is applied.\nMonitor privileged database access.\nSupport integration with Windows/Active Directory authentication where applicable.\nImplement database security controls and encryption where required.\nEnsure appropriate protection of sensitive and financial information.\nParticipate in database security assessments and remediation activities.\nEnsure database access is aligned with organisational security policies","description_format":"text","description_chars":3900,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Professional Services","Human Resources","Recruiting Software & ATS"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-29T07:45:55Z"}],"liveness":{"score":44,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":0.9,"p_active":0.544,"p_room":0.9,"age_days":22,"expected_fill_days":49,"reasons":["conf:64","stale_co","velocity","win:mid","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-02T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/simplify-hr-proprietary-limited-database-administrator","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/simplify-hr-proprietary-limited-database-administrator.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-03T03:59:28Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":4002,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":998,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-04T00:00:00Z"}}}