Location
westville, ethekwini metropolitan municipality, South-Africa
Posted
June 06, 2026
Job Description
SUMMARY:
Systems and Database Engineer supporting a 24/7 production environment where infrastructure stability and database performance directly impact business continuity.
The role operates across live systems, ensuring uptime, resolving incidents, and maintaining Microsoft SQL Server environments under constant operational demand. POSITION INFO:
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain and support servers, virtual environments, and hosted systems in a 24/7 environment
- Monitor system health and resolve incidents proactively
- Manage system updates, patches, backups, and disaster recovery processes
- Troubleshoot network and VPN-related issues
- Administer and maintain Microsoft SQL Server environments
- Monitor and optimise database performance (queries, indexing, tuning)
- Manage database backups, replication, and recovery
- Develop SQL scripts for reporting and data extractio...