Work-Force
A Database Administrator is needed in Burgersfort. The role focuses on consistent delivery, accurate work and clear communication across the Limpopo operation.
About This Position
The Database Administrator position is part of an ongoing recruitment drive across Limpopo. The brief has been shaped carefully, with a focus on delivery in Burgersfort and across the it jobs space.
Day-to-day, the role balances focused delivery with the kind of collaboration that keeps things moving. The successful candidate is trusted to make sensible decisions inside the agreed scope, with line-management support whenever a sounding board is useful.
Internal documentation, process notes and shared playbooks make it easier for the Database Administrator to step into the it jobs workflow quickly. Institutional knowledge is well-organised, so people are not reinventing the wheel from one week to the next.
Quality is everyone’s job. Whether the Database Administrator is processing a transaction, supporting a colleague or handling a customer query, the standard expected in Limpopo is consistently high and consistently fair.
Why Join Us
You will join a team that values respectful collaboration, honest feedback and shared wins. The Burgersfort colleagues take pride in supporting one another and in doing the it jobs side of the business properly, day in and day out.
Recognition matters here. Strong performers are noticed quickly, and many promotions across the business have started in the Burgersfort teams.
Benefits are clear and consistent. Beyond the package on offer, the role includes the supports you would expect from an established South African employer in Limpopo.
On top of that, the company reinvests in its people: paid training, internal moves and the chance to take on bigger projects are all part of how careers in Burgersfort keep progressing.
Based in Burgersfort
Burgersfort continues to grow as an employment hub in Limpopo, with near the Polokwane regional hub. This role gives you a foothold in one of its busier business communities, with access to the local services, suppliers and partners that keep the work moving.
Many candidates already living within reach of Burgersfort cite the location as one of the role’s quiet wins, with shorter commutes and a real sense of being plugged into the local Limpopo economy.
Accessibility is taken seriously: where the role allows, the team works toward a balance of in-office presence and flexibility for candidates based in and around Burgersfort.
If you are relocating, the team can share practical pointers on neighbourhoods, transport and the typical pace of life in Burgersfort, Limpopo.
Career Growth
This role can grow with you. Strong performers in the it jobs team in Burgersfort have moved into senior, supervisory and specialist positions, and that journey is supported through coaching, training and exposure to bigger projects.
Beyond that, internal mobility is encouraged. People who start in Burgersfort have moved into roles in other branches, specialist functions and project teams across Limpopo.
Training is a mix of formal courses, structured on-the-job learning and exposure to broader projects, all geared at building practical skills.
Growth conversations happen at a regular cadence — not just at year-end — so the path forward stays current and realistic for every Burgersfort team member.
What Your Day Looks Like
Your day tends to start with a quick standup, where the team shares progress and surfaces blockers. From there, you settle into focused build time, breaking tickets into manageable chunks and pairing with colleagues when something gets thorny. Afternoons mix code reviews, planning discussions and the occasional production incident — everyone pulls together, fixes the issue and feeds the lessons back into the next sprint. By the time you sign off, you’ve shipped value, learned something new, and left clean code behind you.
Notably, the rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when Limpopo operations throw up the unexpected.
No two days look exactly the same — and that variety is part of what keeps the role engaging for the right candidate in Burgersfort.
Equally, the Burgersfort office buzzes through peak hours and settles into focused, productive lulls in between, giving you time to plan and reset before the next stretch of work.
Diversity and Inclusion
Beyond that, the organisation is committed to transformation and equal opportunity. Hiring is on merit, and applications are actively encouraged from women, youth, people with disabilities and other historically disadvantaged groups in line with the Employment Equity plan and B-BBEE objectives.
Practical steps back the words. Structured EE reporting, transformation initiatives and learnership programmes give real opportunities to candidates from across Limpopo.
B-BBEE compliance is more than a scorecard here. It informs how the business invests in skills development, supplier diversity and community engagement across the country.
Inclusive hiring extends through onboarding and into how teams operate every day. Respectful, fair conduct is expected from every team member in Burgersfort.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Design, develop and maintain features across the application stack
- Monitor system health using observability tools and respond to alerts
- Implement security best practices in line with POPIA obligations
- Plan and execute infrastructure upgrades with minimal downtime
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for reliable, repeatable releases
- Investigate and resolve user-reported support tickets at L2 and L3
- Collaborate with product and design teams during sprint planning
- Mentor junior engineers through pairing and structured feedback
What You’ll Need
- 2-5 years’ commercial software development experience
- Working knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP)
- Experience with containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes) is an advantage
- Good written and verbal communication for technical and non-technical audiences
- Strong proficiency in Java, C#, Python, JavaScript or TypeScript
- Exposure to monitoring and observability tooling
- Hands-on experience with relational and NoSQL databases
Each application is reviewed carefully, and strong matches against the criteria above will move forward in the process.