453 Data Managers jobs in Kenya

Company Description

Pesapal is a leading payment services company specializing in building payments and business tools for the African market. Since 2009, we've empowered tens of thousands of African businesses and entrepreneurs to collect money online and in person through mobiles, cards, and bank transfers. Our services are bolstered by digital tools for ticketing, reservations, reporting, inventory, and merchant credit.

Role Description

This is a full-time on-site role for a Database Administrator (DBA) with DevOps expertise. The role is located in Nairobi County, Kenya. The DBA will manage and maintain databases, ensuring their performance, security, and availability. Day-to-day tasks include database design, implementation, monitoring, troubleshooting, and replication. This role will also involve collaborating with other teams to streamline operations and improve database-related processes.

What You'll Do:

·   Design and maintain our database systems, including PostgreSQL and MySQL.

·   Develop and manage robust backup, recovery, and replication plans.

·   Monitor and tune database performance, optimizing queries, indexes, and configurations.

·   Automate routine DBA tasks using scripting languages like Bash or Python.

·   Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for database changes and deployments.

·   Use Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or Ansible to manage database infrastructure.

·   Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams in a fast-paced environment.

What We're Looking For:

·
   Proven experience as a Database Administrator in production and Linux/Unix environments.

·   Strong expertise in backup & recovery, replication & clustering, and performance tuning.

·   Skilled in scripting with Bash, Python, or PowerShell.

·   Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) is a plus.

About us:

Network International is the largest Financial Technology company in the Middle East and Africa. Payments is our core business where we provide services in more than 50 countries – UAE, Jordan, South Africa, Egypt are some of our key markets. Apart from payments, we provide services on Data and Insights, Lending, Insurance, Risk Solutions, etc. Our core customers are businesses at every scale and segment, though recently we have been growing in the direct-to-consumer card segment as well.

Our EVP:

At Network International, every second counts. As a leader in the fast-paced world of financial services, we thrive on innovation, agility, and the relentless pursuit of excellence.

About the Role:

We recognize industry trends, the dual nature of technological advancements, and the scarcity of top talent. This is why we prioritize investing in our people.

Here, you'll work alongside industry experts to solve complex problems and leverage cutting-edge technology to stay ahead of the competition.

We offer a culture where your skills are valued, your growth is prioritized, and your achievements are recognized—because winning isn't just our goal; it's our standard.We are looking for a database administrator to join our Information Technology team and manage our database infrastructure. You will be responsible for designing, implementing, maintaining, and optimizing our databases across various platforms and environments. You will also work closely with our developers, architects and support engineers to ensure data security, availability, and performance.

Responsibilities:

• Design, install, configure and maintain MSSQL, MySQL and other databases
• Monitor and troubleshoot database performance, availability, and security issues
• Ensure database administration and maintenance tasks are performed regularly, effectively, and consistently
• Implement and enforce database policies, standards, and best practices
• Perform regular backup, restore and disaster recovery operations to ensure continuous availability for the entire database infrastructure
• Develop and implement capacity management procedures to keep databases within the expected capacity management thresholds
• Ensure continuous patching of all database infrastructure components to leverage on the latest fixes and capabilities

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or related field
• Certification in database administration is a must
• At least 5 years of experience as a database administrator or a similar role
• Expert knowledge of MSSQL and MySQL databases, including administration, development, and tuning
• Experience working with other databases such as Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, etc. is a plus
• Strong knowledge of SQL and scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python, etc.
• Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, including services such as RDS, S3, EC2, etc. is preferred
• Experience working in financial services industry is an advantage
• Excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Ability to work in a team and collaborate with other IT professionals
• Dedicated approach to providing a best-in-class service
• Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills

• Oversee the design, implementation, and maintenance of organizational databases.
• Develop and enforce data governance policies, standards, and procedures.
• Ensure data accuracy, integrity, and security across all systems.
• Implement and manage data backup, recovery, and archiving strategies.
• Monitor database performance and optimize for efficiency and scalability.
• Provide technical expertise and support for data-related issues to internal teams.
• Develop and execute data migration plans when necessary.
• Stay updated on the latest trends and technologies in data management and administration.
• Manage user access and permissions to ensure data security.
• Develop reports and dashboards to track data quality and system performance.
• Collaborate with IT and other departments to align data management strategies with business objectives.
• Troubleshoot database errors and resolve performance issues promptly.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Minimum of 6 years of experience in database administration and data management.
• Proven experience with various database systems (e.g., SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL).
• Strong understanding of data modeling, database design, and data warehousing concepts.
• Expertise in data security principles and best practices.
• Experience with data backup, recovery, and disaster recovery planning.
• Proficiency in scripting languages for automation (e.g., SQL, Python).
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a remote team.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience with cloud-based data solutions is a plus.

Introduction

• Enrolled in a 4th Year bachelor's degree program or final year of master's program in Computer Science or related technical field.
• Strong understanding of fundamental computer science concepts such as algorithms and data structures, .
• Proficiency in at least one programming language, including but not limited to: Java, JavaScript, NodeJS or Python.
• Problem solving and analytical skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Your Role And Responsibilities
Join us for a unique 12-week paid internship at the IBM Research – Africa lab in Nairobi, that offers personal and professional development including mentorship from leading technology researchers and engineers. This program will give you an opportunity to work on meaningful technology solutions, develop scalable software systems, interact and collaborate with top research scientists and engineers in climate and sustainability - this requires research, asking the right questions, curiosity, and thinking outside the box.

As a Software Engineering Intern, you will work on research questions that are of interest to IBM and have access to a vast number of tools and resources within the global IBM community to help you succeed.

Preferred Education
Master's Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• Experience in delivering software development project(s)
• Experience in cloud native technologies and platforms
• Understanding machine learning concepts and familiarity with a framework e.g. scikit-learn or TensorFlow or PyTorch
• Knowledge of the many tools in machine learning, artificial intelligence, and data mining.
• Strong data structures and algorithm design skills

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience
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2- 3 years’ experience in a systems/analytical environment preferably within FMCG|Essential / Minimum|0-5 years|
Diploma/Certification
Report writing skills
Administration skills
Analytical skills
Interpersonal skills
Communication Skills (verbal & written)
Computer literacy – MS Office suite (required level dependent on business unit need)

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With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.

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Job Summary
To provide specialist advise and support in the preparation, development and analysis of financial data to provide accurate information to inform decisions enhancing stability, growth & profitability, through the execution of predefined objectives.

Job Description
Job purpose
Overall responsibility for the financial management of the Total Bank Cost space and Cost Efficiency. The role includes oversight of past, present and future financial performance of the Total Bank and various Functions, including the strategic objective of aligning to Absa Bank Kenya Plc.

• Senior stakeholder and relationship management is a key driver in-order to deliver financial objectives by leveraging off Finance, Functions, and other infrastructure groups across the organization.
• Identifying cost trends and financial risks with the presentation of these views alongside the financials at the various exco's and steercos.
• Delivering and presenting of accurate financial information in-order to assist in strategic decisions for Management (CFO, Functions, Sourcing, Board, CMC)
• Support all functions in decision-making process by providing insights into their financial performance, identifying potential cost risks and opportunities, and making recommendations and improvements.
• Provide financial planning and analysis, forecasting and monitoring the Total Bank financial performance to assist the CFO in driving the costs strategy.

Key Accountabilities
Strategy and planning

• Undertake key elements of strategic management activity, involving the identification of how value is created, destroyed, and driven in the function from a cost perspective.
• To support the business in its Outlook/Shape//MTP/STP/RAF processes.
• Support in completion, driving and tracking of the bank cost strategy.
• Lead in budgeting process, outlook and actual Numbers updates, and provide commentary to the performance metrics and actions.

Business Performance management

• To develop and report financial and other performance measures (metrics) required by the business e.g., the Monthly Business review Pack, Benefits Management Committee and Board papers.
• To monitor actual performance against target and to analyse variances.
• Support input of the financials to the investor relations packs, support management in investor relations sessions, press release and the results announcement.
• To respond to routine and ad hoc information requests.
• To produce reports that enable the identification options for improved financial performance and cost reduction.
• To support the business – in the production and review of specific technical elements of Management Accounts KPIs, margins review, Cost drivers.

Decision Support

• To provide support and analysis on a range of technical issues in connection with the Financial and Management Accounts e.g., variance/trend analysis (actuals v budget) makeup of specific costs etc.
• Lead in CFO/Finance mission statement updates, provide commentary to the performance metrics and actions.
• Provide analytics and trends to inform decision making/investment decisions

Stakeholder & Relationship Management

• Maintain and build key relationships across the organization to effectively drive cost strategy and protect value.
• Understand and identify key sustainable requests from stakeholders including adhoc requests.
• Ability to Implement actions without the direct responsibility of resources.
• Negotiate and leverage information off different groups across the organization in-order to meet stakeholder demands.
• Become the "go-to" person for all key senior stakeholders for all Finance matters relating to Costs.
• Liaise with centre to respond on all country costs queries.
• Provide feedback and updates on Cost financial / business matters.
• Communicate the cost related objectives to relevant stakeholders, ensuring alignment to the wider Absa objectives.
• To develop and report Costs financial and other performance measures (metrics) required by the business e.g. the Cost Monthly Business Review Pack, Monthly Efficiency Committee Steerco meeting, Cost CMC inputs, Cost Flash and Board papers, etc.

Team and staff Management

• Take responsibility for personal performance development, training and career development plans and ensure they are relevant and progressed.
• Develop cost health, check and challenge through regular training of cost champions

Qualifications Required.

• Bachelor's degree in finance & related fields
• Accounting Qualifications

Experience Required.

• Progressive experience in finance

Skills Required To Undertake The Role.

• Strong financial analytical and diagnostic skills
• Strong planning skills
• Excellent communication skills at all levels
• Excellent stakeholder management skills
• Excellent understanding of business strategy and competitive activity
• Good understanding of global and domestic economic trends
• Ability to work to tight deadlines without compromising accuracy
• Strong team player with good interpersonal, negotiation and influencing skills.
• Ability to influence senior management across the business.
• Experience in the financial services environment.
• Understanding of the broader economic and regulatory environment which Absa operates in.
• Good PC/systems skills.
• Learning agility
• Application Deadline – 9th October 2025***

Absa Bank Kenya is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. Preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards the achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.
Education
Higher Diplomas: Financial Sciences (Required)

• Develop and implement data collection strategies for various sports performance metrics.
• Clean, transform, and analyze large datasets using statistical methods and analytical tools.
• Build predictive models to forecast athlete performance, identify potential injuries, and optimize training regimens.
• Create compelling data visualizations and dashboards to communicate complex insights to non-technical stakeholders.
• Collaborate with coaches and athletes to understand their data needs and provide performance recommendations.
• Identify key performance indicators (KPIs) and track progress towards strategic goals.
• Stay current with the latest advancements in sports analytics, machine learning, and data science techniques.
• Develop and maintain databases and data infrastructure for sports analytics.
• Present findings and recommendations in clear, concise reports and presentations.
• Contribute to the development of innovative data-driven strategies for fan engagement and sports marketing.

• Master's degree in Statistics, Data Science, Sports Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in data analysis and sports analytics.
• Proficiency in statistical programming languages such as Python (with libraries like Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn) or R.
• Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, Matplotlib).
• Strong understanding of sports performance metrics and methodologies across various disciplines.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to translate complex data into understandable insights.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple projects, and meet deadlines in a remote environment.
• Experience with database management (SQL) is highly desirable.
• A genuine passion for sports and a desire to impact performance through data.

• Develop and maintain statistical models to analyze athlete and team performance data.
• Identify key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics for various sports disciplines.
• Utilize data mining and machine learning techniques to uncover actionable insights.
• Design and execute experiments to evaluate the impact of training programs and strategies.
• Create compelling data visualizations and reports to communicate findings to coaches and management.
• Collaborate with sports scientists and coaches to translate data insights into practical applications.
• Monitor industry best practices and emerging technologies in sports analytics.
• Manage data integrity and ensure the security of sensitive performance information.

• Master's degree in Statistics, Data Science, Sports Science, or a related quantitative field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in sports analytics or a related data analysis role.
• Proven experience with statistical modeling, machine learning, and predictive analytics.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python or R.
• Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI).
• Strong understanding of sports performance metrics and biomechanics is highly desirable.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a remote team environment.