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Integrated Health Information Platform (IHIP) – Senior Database Administrator World Health Organization 2023

  • Deadline: Sep 21, 2023

  • Qualification (Education): Graduate

  • Experience Required: 0-3 Year

About Job Profile

Admin and HR

The incumbent will work under the overall guidance of the WHO Representative, Deputy Head of WHO Country Office for India, direct supervision of National Professional Officer (High Threat Pathogens) and overall supervision of Team Leader – (Health Security and Emergency Response)

A Senior Database Administrator (DBA) will guide and support the team to keep the database up and running smoothly 24/7 to provide a seamless flow of information throughout the platform & related applications, considering both backend data structure and frontend accessibility for end-users. The specific job responsibilities are:

Provide technical and operational support activities of Database Servers, including logical and physical database design support, API development, troubleshooting, performance monitoring, tuning, and optimizing;

Primary Responsibilities include

 

  • Senior DBA to provide guidance and technical support to entire development team and support teams for appropriate design considerations, development standards, support procedures;
  • Senior DBA to participate in discussions with departments to understand and suggest right design approach for new features, enhancements or integration requirements;
  • Senior DBA to ensure, priority and work allocation among support resources and development team;
  • Senior DBA to assist in designing new features, considering overall architecture of the application, input received from field testing and user experience;
  • Build database systems of high availability and quality depending on each end user’s specialised role;
  • Design and implement database in accordance to end users information needs and views
  • Define users and enable data distribution to the right user, in appropriate format and in a timely manner;
  • Provide proactive and reactive data management support and training to users;
  • Determine, enforce and document database policies, procedures and standards;
  • Perform tests and evaluations regularly to ensure data security, privacy and integrity;
  • Monitor database performance, implement changes and apply new patches and versions when required;
  • Provide technical and operational support for Database Servers, including logical and physical database design support, troubleshooting, performance monitoring, tuning, and optimizing;
  • Estimate PostgreSQL database capacities; develop methods for monitoring database capacity and usage;
  • Lead efforts to develop and improve procedures for automated monitoring and proactive intervention, reducing any need downtime;
  • Develop Stored Procedures and Database Triggers in support of application development;
  • Participate in the creation of development, staging, and production database instances, and the migration from one environment to another;
  • Responsible for writing, monitoring and maintaining required shell scripts, batch jobs and system performance on Linux/Ubuntu Operating Systems;
  • Responsible for developer SQL code review to ensure queries are optimized and tuned to perform efficiently prior to production release;
  • Responsible for regular maintenance on databases (e.g., Vacuum, Reindexing, Archiving);
  • Responsible for pro-active remediation of database operational problems;
  • Responsible for Query tuning and preventative maintenance;
  • Other related duties as deemed essential to support IHIP lead technical architect; and
  • Undertake any other activities / tasks as assigned by the supervisors.

 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

 

  • Experience interacting with clients and managing requirements and defining functionalities with flexibilities and limits in the Technology Stack and overall design of the applications.
  • Familiar with Java Spring Boot , Angular Stack – to facilitate and support changes to development teams.
  • Experience in production support for Government portals, managing cyber security threats with Server configurations and firewalls

 

Other Information:

 

  • This Vacancy Notice may be used to fill similar positions at the same level.
  • Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.
  • A written test and interviews will be used as a form of screening
  • WHO is committed to workforce diversity.
  • WHO prides itself on a workforce that adheres to the highest ethical and professional standards and that is committed to put the WHO Values Charter into practice.
  • WHO has a smoke-free environment and does not recruit smokers or users of any form of tobacco.
  • This post is subject to local recruitment and will be filled by persons recruited in the local commuting area of the duty station.
  • In the event that your candidature is retained for an interview, you will be required to provide, in advance, a scanned copy of the degree(s)/diploma(s)/certificate(s) required for this position. WHO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed through the link: http://www.whed.net/. Some professional certificates may not appear in the WHED and will require individual review.
  • For information on WHO's operations please visit: http://www.who.int.
  • WHO has zero tolerance towards sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA), sexual harassment and other types of abusive conduct (i.e., discrimination, abuse of authority and harassment). All members of the WHO workforce have a role to play in promoting a safe and respectful workplace and should report to WHO any actual or suspected cases of SEA, sexual harassment and other types of abusive conduct. To ensure that individuals with a substantiated history of SEA, sexual harassment or other types of abusive conduct are not hired by the Organization, WHO will conduct a background verification of final candidates.
  • Any extension of appointment would be subject to programmatic requirements, performance of the incumbent and availability of funds.
  • Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply.

 

Job Functions

  • Salary Range: 0-3 LPA

  • Employment Type: Full Time

  • Work Mode: Work from Office

How to Apply

If you are interested in taking up the role, please apply through this link.

If you qualify and are interested in taking up the role, please apply through this link.

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World Health Organization

  • State: Delhi

  • City: New Delhi

About Organisation

World Health Organization has released an application for the Roster for Integrated Health Information Platform (IHIP) – Senior Database Administrator. Candidates can apply for this post by September 21, 2023. Check here for the latest NGO Jobs at TheCSRUniverse.com 
The World Health Organization's mission: to promote health, keep the world safe, and serve the vulnerable. Working through offices in more than 150 countries, WHO staff work side by side with governments and other partners to ensure the highest attainable level of health for all people.

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  • State: Delhi

  • City: New Delhi

Contact Details:

Contact Phone: 01166564800

Contact Email: mediainquiries@who.int

Date of Posting/Posted On: Sep 12, 2023
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