Database Team Leader

Job description / Role

Job Description

- Provides technical guidance to the pre-sales team in the proposal phase under supervision and guidance form Technical Manager.
- Provides input and different Scenarios to the Project Manager in the preparation of the implementation plan in regards to the duration required accomplishing the installation phase.
- Updates on weekly and monthly basis the Project Manager/Service Manager on the progress of the assignment and escalates any problems encountered for prompt solutions.
- Participates in acceptance sign-off with the customer.
- Reports to the Technical Manager the current status of assigned task on weekly and monthly basis.
- Maintain highest customer satisfaction by effectively following up calls as per SLA agreements.
- Leads his team on the projects in accordance to the available resources.
- Plans and allocates resources for assigned projects. -
- Ensures that assigned company's projects and service contract' tasks are executed and followed by his teams. -
- Ensures and monitors the Engineers' corrective maintenance visits is undertaken efficiently, and timely meeting client satisfaction.
- Monitors activities undertaken by his team, providing them with guidance and ensuring the work implemented in accordance to set milestones.
- Participates in selection and hiring phase for new sub-ordinates.
- Evaluates the performance of direct subordinates.
- Reviews and approves the performance evaluations prepared by his subordinates for their team and submits them to the Technical Manager for final approval.
- Share in planning of spares and Technical Training of the new projects with the PM/Service Manager as needed.

Personal Skills:
- Experience in leading a team of DBA experts
- Experience working on a large Oracle implementation in a large global enterprise.

Technical Skills:
- 12+ years' experience in the entire Oracle Databases and Oracle Applications environment.
- Experience with implementing and supporting Oracle Data Guard, Oracle RAC, and ASM.
- Extensive experience in EBS implementation or support, in-depth knowledge of different phases of EBS implementation lifecycle.
- Experience with Installation/Upgrade/Patching with eBusiness Suite and Databases.
- Strong technical expertise and functional exposure to Oracle eBusiness Suite (R12/11i/R12.2).
- Experience with DataGuard running on Linux and Solaris.
- Strong expertise in Oracle Database and EBS Performance Tuning and Optimization.
- Extensive experience with Unix/Linux platform.
- Ability to understand and apply advanced database administration and management techniques.
- Extensive experience in working with customers to build and formulate business requirements.
- Experience in developing documentation, white papers and presentations to all levels of management and technical staff.
- Exposure to Oracle SSO, OIM, ODI, Weblogic server is a plus.
- Exposure to other RDBMS systems such as MySQL and SQL*Server would be a plus.

About the Company

Giza Systems, a leading systems integrator in the MEA region, designs and deploys industry-specific technology solutions for asset-intensive industries such as the telecoms, utilities, oil and gas, hospitality and real estate among other market sectors. We help our clients streamline their operations and businesses through our portfolio of solutions, managed services, and consultancy practice. Our team of 1000 professionals are spread throughout the region with anchor offices in Cairo, Riyadh, Dubai, Doha, Nairobi, Dar-es-Salaam, Abuja, Kampala and New Jersey, allowing us to service an ever-increasing client base in over 40 countries.