Data Warehouse & BI (Database Administration) Job, Latest IT Jobs In Kenya,

Job Summary

This role is responsible for administration and maintenance of organisation wide Data Warehouse

Key Responsibilities

• Maintenance, development, deployment and scheduling of ETL (Extract, Transform and Load) workflows in the data warehouse ecosystem


• Maintenance, development and deployment of Business Intelligence(BI) catalogues/reports/dashboards in the data warehouse ecosystem


• Maintains the data warehouse architecture and all related documentation


• installation, upgrading, patching, migration and decommissioning of all the systems/tools within the data warehouse ecosystem


• Reviews backup designs and recovery policies and documentation for the Data warehouse


• Ensures Data Quality and Integrity of the data warehouse is maintained.


• Integration of diverse data sources with the data warehouse.


• Works with Techno-Functional consultants to identify and understand Source Data Systems.


• Uses Business Intelligence tools and OLAP cubes to generate analytical reports on large volumes of data


• Monitors and performs tuning of data warehouse ecosystem


• Manages user requests for reports extraction and data mining


• Carries out configuration and testing of data warehouse ecosystem


• Manages the execution of data loading scripts.


• Ensures all activities are in conformity with established policies and procedures that will sustain database system’s availability, security and recoverability


• Liaises with other section/s in regards to capacity Planning and ensuring optimal utilization of the data warehouse resources.


• Ensure conformity to ISO (9001/2015 and 27001/2013) and data security requirements.

Academic Qualifications 

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Information Technology, Electrical / Electronic Engineering, Telecommunications or any other IT related field.

Professional Qualifications 

• Certification in Database administration.

 The following certifications/training will be an added advantage:

• Unix/Linux Certified Systems Administrator/Microsoft Certified Engineer


• IT Governance e.g. COBIT 5 or ITIL


• Web Application Servers i.e. Tomcat and JBOSS, Web Logic


• ETL Tools e.g Informatica Power Center, Oracle Data Integrator, etc


• BI Tools e.g OBIEE, PowerBI, etc

Relevant Work Experience

• Have at least three (3) years working experience in management of data warehousing & BI in a busy environment

Skills Required   

• Sound experience in Database Administration


• Experience in managing ETL tools such as Informatica Power Centre or ODI.


• Experience in managing BI tools such as Oracle BI/Power Bi.


• Experience in Programming/scripting languages such as SQL, PL/SQL or other programming languages (Perl, PHP)


• Experience in administration of Engineered Systems e.g Oracle Exadata, Oracle Exalytics will be an added advantageAbility to install and configure Linux/ Windows installations

Competencies Required       

• Excellent listening and communication skills


• Be proactive with good analytical and problem solving skills


• Good team player


• Ability to pay attention to details


• Ability to prioritize competing work commitments and deliver on time


• Passion for innovation and creativity


• High levels of integrity


• Ability to work under minimum supervision