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Senior Database Admin

Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya ยท On-site

Senior

Key Responsibilities Install, configure, administer, and maintain open-source databases including PostgreSQL, MySQL/MariaDB, MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, ScyllaDB, ClickHouse, and VeloDB. Design and manage high availabilitโ€ฆ

Skills: PostgreSQL, MySQL/MariaDB, MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis

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Data Engineer

Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya ยท On-site

Mid level

ยท Develop, maintaining, testing, evaluating and implementing data solutions in line with the data architecture design. Creation, scheduling, testing, deployment, and maintenance, of data pipeline from different sources tโ€ฆ

Skills: ETL, Data Modeling, Oracle PL/SQL, SQL, Java

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UI/UX Designer

Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya ยท On-site

Mid level

UI/UX Designer We are looking for a UI/UX Designer who blends craft, systems thinking, and customer empathy to shape end-to-end digital experiences. This role is about building trusted, elegant, and intuitive user experiโ€ฆ

Skills: UI/UX Design, Product Design, Figma, User-Centered Design, Design Thinking

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Senior Database Admin

FinSense Africa ๐Ÿš€

Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya โ€ข On-site

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  • Full-time
  • professional certificate
  • Posted 31d ago
  • ~40 hrs/week

Responsibilities

Install, configure, and maintain a wide variety of open-source databases while managing high availability and disaster recovery solutions. Provide 24x7 production support, performance optimization, and lead migrations from Oracle and MSSQL to open-source platforms.

Requirements

Requires a minimum of 5 years of experience in database administration with a focus on enterprise production environments and large-scale deployments. Must possess strong Linux skills and expertise in database clustering, replication, and automation scripting.

Full job description

Key Responsibilities

  • Install, configure, administer, and maintain open-source databases including PostgreSQL, MySQL/MariaDB, MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, ScyllaDB, ClickHouse, and VeloDB.
  • Design and manage high availability (HA), replication, clustering, backup, and disaster recovery (DR) solutions.
  • Monitor and optimize database performance, availability, and scalability.
  • Provide 24x7 production support, incident management, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.
  • Support database migration projects from Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server to open-source databases.
  • Implement proactive monitoring and alerting using tools such as Prometheus and Grafana.
  • Develop automation scripts and operational runbooks for database administration tasks.
  • Support ITIL-aligned incident handling and escalation processes (L1โ€“L4).
  • Conduct database capacity planning, patching, upgrades, and preventive maintenance.
  • Deliver technical documentation, structured knowledge transfer, and support reports.
  • Collaborate with infrastructure, DevOps, and application teams to ensure database reliability and performance.
  • Support AI/ML-driven monitoring and database administration initiatives.


Requirements

Experience

  • Minimum 5 years of experience in database administration and support.
  • Proven experience with high availability and disaster recovery database deployments.
  • Experience managing enterprise production databases and large-scale environments.
  • Hands-on experience with Oracle-to-open-source and MSSQL-to-open-source database migrations.
  • Experience supporting mission-critical systems with 24x7 operational requirements.

Technical Skills

  • Strong experience with:
    • PostgreSQL
    • MySQL/MariaDB
    • MongoDB
    • Cassandra
    • Redis
    • ScyllaDB
    • ClickHouse
    • VeloDB
  • Strong Linux/Unix administration skills.
  • Knowledge of database clustering, replication, backup, and recovery.
  • Expertise in SQL tuning and database performance optimization.
  • Experience with monitoring tools such as Prometheus and Grafana.
  • Scripting and automation skills using Bash, Python, or similar languages.
  • Familiarity with cloud, containerization, and Kubernetes environments is an added advantage.

Certifications (Preferred)

  • PostgreSQL Certification
  • MySQL/MariaDB DBA Certification
  • MongoDB Certification
  • RHCSA/RHCE
  • ITIL Foundation Certification


Related keywords

PostgreSQLMySQLMariaDBMongoDBCassandraRedisScyllaDBClickHouseVeloDBHigh AvailabilityDisaster RecoveryOracle MigrationMSSQL MigrationPrometheusGrafanaBash

About FinSense Africa ๐Ÿš€

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Integration | Automation | Collaboration | Flexibility | Agility | Security | Intelligence

Industry
IT Services and IT Consulting
Company size
11-50 employees
Founded
2017
Headquarters
Nairobi, Westlands
LinkedIn followers
6,763

FinSense Africa Limited is a financial technology company incorporated in The Republic of Kenya, headquartered in Nairobi. Its dynamic team of experts locally and globally have worked on Banking technology for over two decades. FinSenseโ€™s core specialization is #Digital Transformation using infrastructure and platform as a service, building containerized #APIโ€™s (Application Programming Interfaces) and applications. Additionally, we have experience in #Resource Augmentation, #Middleware, #Security, and #Intelligent custom software development. FinSense Africa adopts the latest, #Innovative, and #Open technologies to solve critical business challenges for our clients by modernizing and optimizing infrastructure, deploying #Agile & #DevOps methodologies through #orchestration & #automation, and maintaining these environments on #public or #private #clouds, using new age technologies like #Kubernetes , #Dockers and by creating #Microservices based architectures. Our clients range from fintech's, to large financial enterprises, payment companies and national switches amoung others. We are a dynamic, future-focused company that continues to evolve, improving #quality, #security, and #productivity, of the offered solutions and rapidly adapt to continuous changes in world technologies. #Automation #Cloud and #Data will be a differentiator for new age business. For your Digital Transformation Journey or any queries you may have, dont hesitate to connect with us here: [email protected] Let us help you mange the technology complexity, as you focus on the business. Thank You #TeamFinsense

Offices: Lower Kabete Rd, 702, Nairobi, Westlands 00200, KE

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About FinSense Africa ๐Ÿš€

LinkedInVisit site

Integration | Automation | Collaboration | Flexibility | Agility | Security | Intelligence

Industry
IT Services and IT Consulting
Company size
11-50 employees
Founded
2017
Headquarters
Nairobi, Westlands
LinkedIn followers
6,763

FinSense Africa Limited is a financial technology company incorporated in The Republic of Kenya, headquartered in Nairobi. Its dynamic team of experts locally and globally have worked on Banking technology for over two decades. FinSenseโ€™s core specialization is #Digital Transformation using infrastructure and platform as a service, building containerized #APIโ€™s (Application Programming Interfaces) and applications. Additionally, we have experience in #Resource Augmentation, #Middleware, #Security, and #Intelligent custom software development. FinSense Africa adopts the latest, #Innovative, and #Open technologies to solve critical business challenges for our clients by modernizing and optimizing infrastructure, deploying #Agile & #DevOps methodologies through #orchestration & #automation, and maintaining these environments on #public or #private #clouds, using new age technologies like #Kubernetes , #Dockers and by creating #Microservices based architectures. Our clients range from fintech's, to large financial enterprises, payment companies and national switches amoung others. We are a dynamic, future-focused company that continues to evolve, improving #quality, #security, and #productivity, of the offered solutions and rapidly adapt to continuous changes in world technologies. #Automation #Cloud and #Data will be a differentiator for new age business. For your Digital Transformation Journey or any queries you may have, dont hesitate to connect with us here: [email protected] Let us help you mange the technology complexity, as you focus on the business. Thank You #TeamFinsense

Offices: Lower Kabete Rd, 702, Nairobi, Westlands 00200, KE

OpenSourceAutomationDevOpsAgileIntegrationDevelopementBankingPaymentsAnalyticsCloud
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