Work-Force
Bring your skills as a Database Administrator to Durban and join a team that moves fast. This KwaZulu-Natal role is one to watch.
About This Position
The Database Administrator vacancy forms part of how the Durban branch keeps performing. It pairs day-to-day delivery with longer-running priorities that keep the it jobs side of the business moving forward.
Practically speaking, the organisation keeps reporting lines clean and expectations realistic. Performance is measured against a small, agreed set of metrics, and there are no surprise yardsticks for the Database Administrator taking on this position.
Tools, systems and information are there to support the role rather than slow it down. The company continues to invest in the technology that backs its Durban teams, and the new Database Administrator will feel that from the first week.
Day in the Life
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.
Importantly, the rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when KwaZulu-Natal 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 Durban.
Where You’ll Work
Beyond that, the environment is hybrid-friendly where the role allows, with collaborative tooling, modern source-control workflows and a strong emphasis on shared ownership of code and incidents.
Health, safety and well-being are taken seriously. Current policies and procedures are maintained, and the Durban site adheres to the standards expected of a responsible South African employer.
Equally, the working environment is set up to give the team the focus needed for deeper work, while keeping collaboration and quick problem-solving close at hand.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Write clean, testable code that follows the team’s coding standards
- Mentor junior engineers through pairing and structured feedback
- Participate in code reviews and contribute to technical design discussions
- Investigate and resolve user-reported support tickets at L2 and L3
- Implement security best practices in line with POPIA obligations
- Automate repetitive operational tasks using scripts and tooling
- Plan and execute infrastructure upgrades with minimal downtime
- Diagnose and resolve production incidents within agreed SLAs
Essential Criteria
- Experience with containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes) is an advantage
- Ability to mentor junior team members on best practices
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code
- Comfortable working in agile delivery teams
- Good written and verbal communication for technical and non-technical audiences
- Working knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP)
- Reliable home internet for hybrid work where applicable
Potential is considered alongside experience, so candidates who tick most of these boxes should still be considered.