SR. Database Administrator

y and National Guidance is in very
advanced stages of redeveloping the Education
Management Information System (EMIS). These
efforts are aimed at realizing EMIS as a web-based
one-stop center for all data and management
information for the education and sports sector. The
EMIS has been redesigned to be disaggregated to all
local governments and education institutions at all
levels within the country.
Accordingly, the Ministry of Education and Sports
invites suitability qualifi ed and experienced
individuals to apply for the following positions.

No. of Positions : 01(One)
Reports to : Commissioner, Education
Planning
Duration : 36 months, subject to renewal
Duty Station : MoES Headquarters
Job Reference : SDA-01
Purpose of the Job
To maintain the availability, performance, security,
and integrity of the EMIS database systems
Key Duties and Responsibilities
The main responsibilities and duties of the Senior
Database Administrator are:
1. To Write Database documents, including data
standard procedures and defi nitions for the data
dictionary (‘Metadata’);
2. To Develop and apply procedures relating to
database and application security;
3. To develop a backup and recovery plan;
4. To monitor space and resource utilization and
inform the project and technical managers in
time, in case of the need for additional resources;
5. To monitor performance of the database
including transactional processing and response
times;
6. To provide data migration services between
databases in staging, production, and
development environments;
7. To plan and oversee database software and patch
upgrades;
8. To implement a database security plan, and
implement and monitor database security in line
with the EMIS;
9. To Review and troubleshoot database error logs
and system logs affecting the database;
10. Any other duties as may be assigned from time
to time;
Qualifications, Skills and Experience
a) Applicants should be Ugandans holding an
Honors Bachelor’s Degree in Information
Technology; or Information Science / Systems;
or Computer Science; or Software Engineering
from a recognized University/Institution;
b) A Post Graduate qualification in the above
professional field will be an added advantage;
c) Should have a minimum of 5 years of working
experience in a similar role in Government or
reputable private sector organization;
d) Practical experience in database monitoring and
use of automated monitoring tools;