About the Organisation

On 6th December 2018, it was announced that NIC Bank, an institution with a rich history of retail banking; and CBA Bank, a forerunner of innovation in the banking space, would be merging to form a new bank with unmatched strength, expertise and regional reach.

The new NCBA has harnessed the power of both NIC and CBA to create a bank that brings together the best of both worlds — from cutting-edge mobile banking to good old-fashioned relationship management; from scalable business banking to financial services that grow as your business does; from the best-in-class choice of products to investment solutions tailored to your specific needs.

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NCBA Bank Jobs (7new) - January 2024

Job Title

Systems Administrator job at NCBA Bank Uganda

Job Description

Job Purpose Statement:
The Databases Administrator role is to design, plan, implement and support the databases in the organisation, and the related infrastructure. The Database administrator should be expert in operating databases in different platforms especially different operating systems, Cloud implementations, Storage platforms, core database platforms. The role should design databases for the required performance, capacity management considerations, and should be capable to align the performance database requirements with the costs in implementing and supporting the platforms.

Duties and Responsibilities

Key Accountabilities (Duties and Responsibilities)

Database Planning (40%)

Design, and implement organizational database systems to achieve performance and availability targets. Develop and implement Capacity management procedures to keep databases within capacity management thresholds

Database Management (30%)

Manage Databases availability, Service Recovery, to ensure projects, incidents; problems are addressed according to defined set of policies, processes, procedures and SLA's.

Database Integration (10%)

Effectiveness of integration of database strategy / blueprint with the bank's business direction

Database Security (10%)

Effectiveness of the databases security (policy, controls and infrastructure) with regard to protection against exposure to and impact of risks associated with data loss, corruption and/or unauthorized access

Database Setup (10%)

Plans, Designs and implements Database projects in accordance with Bank’s requirements and Monitor Capacity/Performance of the group databases to ensure optimum efficiency

Qualifications and Competencies

Ideal Job Specifications

Academic:

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field.
Professional:
ITIL, OCA, OCP, OCM, other relevant professional qualifications in IT field would be an added advantage
Project Management certification and experience is preferred e.g. PRINCE2, PMP

Desired work experience:

Three (3) years’ experience in databases and storage support on medium to large organizations.
Working experience in a bank or other financial services organization would be added advantage