About FMFB:
As a background, FMFB started its operation in 2004 and is part of the Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance (AKAM), which has financial institutions operating in different countries throughout the world. It is affiliated with the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), a group of development agencies working in health, education, culture and rural economic development.
Job Summary:
This role responsible for administering, maintaining, and securing Oracle database environments to ensure high availability, optimal performance, and reliability. Key responsibilities include database administration, PL/SQL development, performance tuning, backup and recovery, security management, and implementing HA/DR solutions using RMAN, RAC, ASM, and Data Guard, while ensuring efficient operations and 24/7 technical support.
Job Details:
| Title | Database Administrator | # of Vacancies | 1 |
| Nationality | Afghan | Grade, Salary | As per the Bank salary scale |
| Type | Full-Time | Closing date | November 23, 2026 |
| Duration | Permanent | Location | IT Department |
| Vacancy No. | FMFB-SA-0101-2026 | Gender | Male / Female |
Position Duties and Responsibilities:
- Install, configure, patch, upgrade, and maintain Oracle Database software and related components.
- Manage, administer, and monitor Oracle databases to ensure high availability, security, reliability, and optimal performance.
- Build and maintain new databases and development, testing, UAT, and production environments.
- Develop and maintain PL/SQL procedures, functions, packages, and triggers, and perform SQL and database performance tuning.
- Design, implement, and maintain database architecture, structures, and schemas.
- Design and manage database backup and recovery solutions using Oracle RMAN.
- Implement and maintain Oracle High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions, including RAC, ASM, and Data Guard.
- Perform database space management, partitioning, capacity planning, replication, and recovery operations.
- Implement, maintain database security, access controls, auditing, and compliance requirements.
- Automate database administration and maintenance tasks using shell scripting and Oracle tools.
- Perform database migrations, patch management, version control, upgrades, and production schema changes.
- Diagnose, resolve database performance, connectivity, availability, infrastructure-related issues.
- Monitor database capacity, resource utilization, performance to ensure optimal efficiency and scalability.
- Maintain database documentation, technical standards, operational procedures, and performance reports.
- Evaluate Oracle technology, product to improve database infrastructure and operational efficiency.
- Work closely with the Head of Section, infrastructure teams, database programmers, and application developers.
- Coordinate with Oracle Corporation, relevant vendors for technical support and issue resolution.
- Provide technical guidance and training to team members and participate in on-call duties to ensure 24/7 database support when required.
- Perform other related duties and responsibilities as assigned by the supervisor.
- Familiarity with Linux and Oracle Solaris operating systems, including system administration, command-line operations, shell scripting, and troubleshooting.
Job Specifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- Minimum of five (5) years of professional experience in database administration, preferably with enterprise-level Oracle Database environments.
- Oracle Certified Associate (OCA) certification and Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) certification would be a plus point.
- Strong knowledge and practical experience with Oracle Grid Infrastructure, Automatic Storage Management (ASM), and Real Application Clusters (RAC).
- Strong knowledge of Oracle Data Guard, RMAN, backup and recovery, and high availability technologies.
- Solid understanding of Oracle database architecture, internals, and performance tuning.
- Experience with Oracle database installation, patching, upgrades, and migrations.
- SQL and PL/SQL Development, Database Design, and Performance Tuning.
- Database Security, Auditing, Capacity Planning, and Space Management.
- Database Automation and Shell Scripting (Bash/Korn Shell).
- Database Replication, Migration, Monitoring, and Troubleshooting.
Submission Guideline:
If you meet the above requirements, we are encouraging you to apply for this position. Please send us your CV along with a cover letter via email at (vacancies@fmfb.com.af).
Please make sure that your email includes the vacancy ID as the subject line.