Work-Force
An opportunity has arisen for a Database Administrator in Mokopane. Suitably qualified candidates from across Limpopo are invited to apply.
About This Position
This Database Administrator role sits within the it jobs function in Mokopane. It offers a defined scope, clear measures of success, and the support of an experienced team across Limpopo.
Expect a structured first ninety days, with onboarding milestones, regular check-ins, and an early focus on getting comfortable with the systems and processes that underpin the Mokopane team.
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 This Role
The hiring organisation may provide onboarding or skills development for this it jobs role in Mokopane; the available support will be confirmed in the final vacancy details for Limpopo.
Career development may be available depending on the role, business needs and the hiring organisation’s policies.
Practically speaking, the role’s development opportunities, training and benefits, if offered, will be set out in the final vacancy details.
A Typical Day
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.
Beyond that, the rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when Limpopo operations throw up the unexpected.
Equally, the Mokopane 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.
Key Responsibilities
- Write clean, testable code that follows the team’s coding standards
- Participate in code reviews and contribute to technical design discussions
- Collaborate with product and design teams during sprint planning
- Implement security best practices in line with POPIA obligations
- Investigate and resolve user-reported support tickets at L2 and L3
- Automate repetitive operational tasks using scripts and tooling
What You’ll Need
- Good written and verbal communication for technical and non-technical audiences
- Hands-on experience with relational and NoSQL databases
- Experience with containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes) is an advantage
- 2-5 years’ commercial software development experience
- Experience with Git, branching strategies and pull-request workflows
- Comfortable working in agile delivery teams
If most of these boxes are ticked, you are encouraged to put your name forward.