About US:

Pride Microfinance Limited (MDI) (Pride) is the leading Microfinance Deposit Taking Institution in Uganda with 34 networked branches and eight contact offices countrywide, an equal opportunity employer, regulated by Bank of Uganda under the MDI Act, 2003.

MAIN  PURPOSE  OF  THE  JOB:

Plan  and  develop  a  database  ensuring  the  performance,  integrity  and  security  of  all  institution’s  application  databases.

DUTIES  AND  RESPONSIBILITIES:

1  Plan,  design,  develop/customise  and  install  enterprise  databases  in  order  to  make  them  fit  for  purpose.

2  Maintain  database  integrity  by  ensuring  database  parameters,  objects  and  access  are  standardised  and  managed.

3  Maintain  database  security  by  ensuring  security  plans  and  measures  are  laid  out  and  followed.

4  Monitor  database  performance  by  calculating  optimum  values  for  database  parameters.

5  Maintain  business  continuity  preparedness  for  enterprise  databases  by  implementing  disaster  recovery  procedures.

6  Perform  system  database  integrations  to  introduce  new  innovative  business  channels  by  ensuring  an  end  to  end  integration  with  third  party  systems.

7  Introduce  new  technology  tools  and  applications  that  enable  accommodation  of  changing  business  requirements.

8  Planning,  sizing  installation  and  configuration  of  enterprise  database  management  systems  on  new  server  installations  during  primary  disaster  recovery  and  staging  environment  setups.

9  Writing  database  documentation,  including  data  standards,  procedures  and  definitions  for  the  data  dictionary  and  capacity  planning.

10  Budget  for  new  installations,  licensing.

JOB  SPECIFICATION:

Qualifications:
1.  Bachelor’s  degree  in  Computer  science,  or  any  related  field.
2.  Certifications  in  Microsoft  certified  database  administrator  (MSCDBA)  or  Oracle  database,  Microsoft  SQL.

Experience:
1.  At  least  three  years  working  experience  in  a  busy  ICT  Environment  preferably  within  a  banking  institution.

1.Create an account on the link below

2.Fill in your personal information and upload your Curriculum Vitae (CV), including all your scanned academic credentials, 3 letters of recommendation from each of your referees and a passport photo

Note:

All applications should be submitted using the below link, no hand delivered copies will be accepted. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted