Team Lead/Expert, Database Unit

4 weeks ago


Doha, Baladīyat ad Dawḩah, Qatar Ministry of Public Health - Qatar Full time

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The job holder shall be responsible to lead and supervise the Database Team activities to ensure the availability and maintain the performance of all the Databases to support the business continuity; plan, control, evaluate, and recommend to Information Systems Management on the acquisition, development and implementation of Database systems within the stated functional areas in order to meet the business and user requirements in line with Ministry of Public Health IT Strategy and goals. The job holder shall estimate the annual Opex/Capex budget for the sections operational and capital IT activities, initiatives and projects.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

  1. Supervise and manage the support, maintenance and security of databases in production, test and development environments to minimize system downtime.
  2. Lead a team of database administrators to ensure integrity, performance and reliability of all enterprise database systems.
  3. Ensure controlling and monitoring the user access to database by implementing user authentication and validating databases security protocols access systems.
  4. Implement high available architecture for core business databases, allocate database storage and ensure quality of database development to optimize database performance.
  5. Contribute in the development, implementation and on-going management of policies, procedures and best practices relating to Database process.
  6. Participate in planning and defining the budgets and resources for the section, review budgets periodically, control expenditures and justify variances.
  7. Act as a key contributor and provide expert advice to other groups on technical and operational issues by drafting reports, making recommendations to Managers and project sponsors, provide analytical and innovative input to projects/operational issues as well as support negotiations.
  8. Set up work and project priorities for all Database Team members concerning activities and assignments related to applications' functions and duties in the section.
  9. Update the monthly progress report of Balance scorecard (BSC) information and KPI's for the Database Section.
  10. Define the individual objectives & development plan in the performance management system for the section team.
  11. Collaborate with application team, departments in IT division and external vendors to support the projects, to enhance, troubleshoot, performance tune and deliver solutions within approved schedule and budget.
  12. Ensure compliance to all relevant quality, health, safety, and environmental ISO standards across all areas and ensures companywide commitment to the above standards to prevent or correct unsafe conditions at workplace.
  13. Resolve complex issues involving database performance, database capacity, resiliency, stability, replication, and other key aspects of distributed database technology.
  14. Responsible for upgrades, performance monitoring, installations, diagnosing system problems, disaster recovery testing and maintaining user accessibility.
  15. Perform other duties as requested to meet the ongoing organizational needs.

Specific Working Conditions:

Office based job.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Sciences/IT related field.

Required Certification/ Licensure:

IBM, Oracle Certified, SAP Certified, Microsoft SQL Server database certified or relevant certification to the field.


• Experience in all aspects of Databases, Design & Database Administration. Excellent knowledge of Development tools & Relational Database Management systems.

Language Skills:

Advanced level of Arabic and English language.

Computer Skills:

Advanced level skills in Microsoft office applications.


• Policies and regulations development.

Seniority level
  • Mid-Senior level
Employment type
  • Full-time
Job function
  • Information Technology, Management, and Other
Industries
  • Information Services, IT System Operations and Maintenance, and Public Health
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