EXTERNAL JOB ADVERTISEMENT
National Medical Stores is an autonomous Corporation that was established by an Act of Parliament in 1993. Our mandate is to procure, store and distribute medicines and other medical supplies to health facilities.
Our vision is “A POPULATION WITH ADEQUATE AND ACCESSIBLE QUALITY MEDICINES AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES”
Our Mission is “TO EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY SUPPLY ESSENTIAL MEDICINES AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO HEALTH FACILITIES IN UGANDA”
We are now looking for competent persons who possess appropriate skills, knowledge and right attitude to fill vacant positions which have either fallen vacant or have been created in the NMS Structure. Applications are now invited from suitably qualified Ugandans to fill the following vacant positions existing at the NMS Head Office
SUMMARY:
| Job Ref. Number | Job Title | Job Grade | No. of Positions |
| NMS/2023/36 | Database Administrator | Grade 06 | 02 |
NMS/2023/36: Database Administrator
Job Title: Database Administrator
Reports to: Senior Database Administrator
Job Grade: NMS Grade 06
Job Purpose: Responsible for supporting the Senior Database Administrator to ensure availability, stability, access, functionality and usability of all NMS database
management systems.
Responsible for: None
ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Installation, Maintenance, Capacity Planning, Performance Management and Tuning of all database management systems.
- Data extraction, transformation, loading and specialized handling
- Database Backup, Testing, Archiving, Restoration and Disaster Recovery Implementation
- Database Security, System and User Access Management/Authentication
- System Troubleshooting, Knowledge Transfer, Training and Preparation of Technical Reports.
- Provide technical support for Projects, Software Development, Core Systems (ERP) and IT helpdesk.
- Identify any risks noted during execution of duties and formally report to the immediate supervisor.
- Any other duties that may be assigned by the supervisor
QUALIFICATIONS
- A minimum of an Honor’s Bachelor’s degree in either Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Data Science, Information Technology and Computing, Management Information Systems, Statistics with Computing Option, or Mathematics with Computing Option or any related field.
WORK EXPERIENCE
- At least 2 years in an IT environment of a busy Corporate Organisation
- Demonstrated experience in any of or a combination of the following: MySQL Database Administration, Oracle Database Administration, Microsoft SQL Server Administration, IBM DB2, Postgres/Enterprise DB
- Experience with ERP systems such as Microsoft Dynamics, SAGE, SAP, Oracle, IFS etc shall be an added advantage
SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
- Self-drive and accountability
- Problem solving
- Operational excellence
- Teamwork
- Agility and attention to detail
- Planning
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