The Standard Bank Group merged its Nigerian operations, Stanbic Bank Nigeria with that of IBTC Chartered Bank PLC. The merger, by way of the first ever tender offer in Nigeria and a $525 million FDI, the largest in Nigerian financial history, gave birth to a new entity now known as Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC which became part of the Standard Bank Group. The merger was officiated in August of this year and legalised on the 24th of September 2007.
Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC through its wholly owned stock broking and asset management subsidiary, IBTC Asset Management Limited has several excellent mutual funds including the IBTC Nigerian Equity Fund, which is Nigeria’s largest mutual fund with a net asset value in excess of N25 billion (as at December 2007). It is the only bank that has a direct subsidiary that is a pension fund administrator; through the market leading IBTC Pension Managers Limited (IPML).
The Corporate and Investment banking offering includes global markets, project and structured finance, equities trading, corporate finance, global custody and a myriad of transactional and electronic banking solutions. As part of Africa’s largest bank, it is able to give its clients access to expertise and on the ground presence across the globe, a vital service in the ever increasing global requirements of business. Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC continues to play a significant role in some of the largest capital markets deals not only in Nigeria but in the continent as well. Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC was involved with Standard Bank London and Afrinvest as lead arrangers of the historic $350 million Eurobond issue for GT Bank. More recently, together with its parent company, Standard Bank, it put together the largest telecommunications deal ever in Africa – a $ 2 billion syndicated loan for MTN Nigeria.
Traditionally strong as a corporate and investment bank, Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC looks set to strengthen its position in this sector and will increasingly play a significant role in the personal and business banking retail environment.
Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC offers its clients a wide range of corporate, investment, business and personal banking products and solutions. With over 60 branches across the country and over 1500 dedicated staff, the bank is positioned to take care of your banking requirements. The following position is available:
Job ID6743
Senior Database Administrator
Senior Database Administrator
Location Nigeria – Lagos
Division Information Technology
Position Category Information Technology
Employment Type Full Time – Permanent
Shift No
Regulatory Approval Yes
Division Information Technology
Position Category Information Technology
Employment Type Full Time – Permanent
Shift No
Regulatory Approval Yes
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Required Skills and Qualifications
Knowledge
Knowledge
Minimum Education required –2.2 BSc. Computer Science from a reputable university
Project Management will be an added advantage
Project Management will be an added advantage
Experience
Minimum of 5 years relevant experience in a similar role
Strong analytical and problem solving skills
Strong customer focus and ability to manage client expectations
Proven ability to work under stress in emergencies, flexibility to handle pressure coming from all directions simultaneously
Strong team-orientated interpersonal skills; ability to effectively interface with a wide variety of people at all levels
Self-motivated and able to work under little supervision.
Logic and problem solving skills.
Good communication skills.
Ability to interact with users at all levels.
Must be service orientated
Good leadership skills
Project Management skills
Required Competencies
Personal Competencies
Strong analytical and problem solving skills
Strong customer focus and ability to manage client expectations
Proven ability to work under stress in emergencies, flexibility to handle pressure coming from all directions simultaneously
Strong team-orientated interpersonal skills; ability to effectively interface with a wide variety of people at all levels
Self-motivated and able to work under little supervision.
Logic and problem solving skills.
Good communication skills.
Ability to interact with users at all levels.
Must be service orientated
Good leadership skills
Project Management skills
Required Competencies
Personal Competencies
Team player
Good communication skills
Pay attention to details
Result oriented
People management skills
We are an equal opportunities employer and are totally opposed to discrimination in any form. It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunities for all employees regardless of race, sex, colour, nationality, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, marital / partnership status, religion, age or disability.
Good communication skills
Pay attention to details
Result oriented
People management skills
We are an equal opportunities employer and are totally opposed to discrimination in any form. It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunities for all employees regardless of race, sex, colour, nationality, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, marital / partnership status, religion, age or disability.
Job Responsibilities
Responsible for technical and administrative support of database management system software, data, and data spaces in a large corporation with a multiple database environment, including performance and tuning, capacity planning, workload modelling and prediction, long-term strategic planning, problem resolution and tracking, and maintenance and installation of databases and upgrades. Interrogates data and ensures data integrity across multiple databases. Supports the applications development and service delivery environments and monitors and maintains security needs and procedures.
Lead a technical team and provide management support to the Head of Infrastructure.
Provide 24/7 primary systems DBA support for Oracle 11g+ Real time Application Clustering(RAC) & standalone databases and related systems on AIX and Windows.
To meet with system development request of custom applications or automation of some banking processes based on business requirements, providing operational support /ensuring availability of these solution(internal and external) , Contribute towards Architecture, Engineering of DB solutions. Develop, Document and Deploy Standards and Procedures to comply with Audit, Configuration, Industry and Security baselines.
Lead database design, development, tuning & optimization expertise to application development and support teams on an ad-hoc or continual basis. Participate in App performance SLA certification during QA/UAT.
Proactively monitor all database systems utilizing vendor supplied and the clients’ custom scripts and standard tools including OEM.
Nature of the job involves application development, software redesign and modification, software acquisition, deployment, user assistance, system monitoring and reporting.
Lead a technical team and provide management support to the Head of Infrastructure.
Provide 24/7 primary systems DBA support for Oracle 11g+ Real time Application Clustering(RAC) & standalone databases and related systems on AIX and Windows.
To meet with system development request of custom applications or automation of some banking processes based on business requirements, providing operational support /ensuring availability of these solution(internal and external) , Contribute towards Architecture, Engineering of DB solutions. Develop, Document and Deploy Standards and Procedures to comply with Audit, Configuration, Industry and Security baselines.
Lead database design, development, tuning & optimization expertise to application development and support teams on an ad-hoc or continual basis. Participate in App performance SLA certification during QA/UAT.
Proactively monitor all database systems utilizing vendor supplied and the clients’ custom scripts and standard tools including OEM.
Nature of the job involves application development, software redesign and modification, software acquisition, deployment, user assistance, system monitoring and reporting.
KRAs
Expert knowledge of Oracle 11G RAC, SQL database concepts, development and administration with seven years of experience, as Oracle and/or SQL DBA in a production environment.
Oracle, SQL Development and/or Application DBA experience, strong Sql, T-Sql, PlSql, DM*/Data Dictionary knowledge, OLAP skills highly preferred. Well – rounded system DBA and application DBA skills a must.
Expertise with Oracle 11g+, SQL 2005+ Data Warehousing, Partitioning, Compression, Materialized/Indexed Views, ETL scripting, Data Integration across Heterogeneous rdbms’ Oracle Purge techniques and managing very large databases (1TB plus).
Experience with Oracle hsodbc, Oracle Gateways, Oracle OLAP, Oracle Warehouse Builder, Microsoft Profiler, DTS/ SSIS/ SSAS. Business Objects experience strongly preferred
Must have extensive and proven troubleshooting, recovery, db and app optimization & administration experience in large and mission critical enterprise environments.
Experience in building/administering Oracle solutions on Windows and AIX in a SAN environment using Oracle SRDF, RMAN and OEM.
Strong Unix and Windows experience (sysadmin/power-user level reqd), Programming & Shell scripting skills, Perl.
Financial Industry experience is a plus
Oracle 11G Certified Professional a plus
Ability to interface with users at all levels of the organization and good end-user support skills.
Must be well-organized, responsible, work effectively as a team player in a project management framework, have excellent verbal and written communication skills, and able to multitask in a dynamic Banking environment.
Handles request on application development for new and existing applications
Develop custom applications and software base on request
Manages the life cycle of a new software from the System study stage to the implementation stage
Participate in software purchase selection process when need arises
Plan project timelines and communicate to users
Expert knowledge of Oracle 11G RAC, SQL database concepts, development and administration with seven years of experience, as Oracle and/or SQL DBA in a production environment.
Oracle, SQL Development and/or Application DBA experience, strong Sql, T-Sql, PlSql, DM*/Data Dictionary knowledge, OLAP skills highly preferred. Well – rounded system DBA and application DBA skills a must.
Expertise with Oracle 11g+, SQL 2005+ Data Warehousing, Partitioning, Compression, Materialized/Indexed Views, ETL scripting, Data Integration across Heterogeneous rdbms’ Oracle Purge techniques and managing very large databases (1TB plus).
Experience with Oracle hsodbc, Oracle Gateways, Oracle OLAP, Oracle Warehouse Builder, Microsoft Profiler, DTS/ SSIS/ SSAS. Business Objects experience strongly preferred
Must have extensive and proven troubleshooting, recovery, db and app optimization & administration experience in large and mission critical enterprise environments.
Experience in building/administering Oracle solutions on Windows and AIX in a SAN environment using Oracle SRDF, RMAN and OEM.
Strong Unix and Windows experience (sysadmin/power-user level reqd), Programming & Shell scripting skills, Perl.
Financial Industry experience is a plus
Oracle 11G Certified Professional a plus
Ability to interface with users at all levels of the organization and good end-user support skills.
Must be well-organized, responsible, work effectively as a team player in a project management framework, have excellent verbal and written communication skills, and able to multitask in a dynamic Banking environment.
Handles request on application development for new and existing applications
Develop custom applications and software base on request
Manages the life cycle of a new software from the System study stage to the implementation stage
Participate in software purchase selection process when need arises
Plan project timelines and communicate to users
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