Database Administrator II, Belize Archives and Records Service
About the role
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade, Education, Culture, Science and Technology is recruiting a Database Administrator II for the Belize Archives and Records Service in Belmopan. The role manages the department's database systems, covering design, implementation, maintenance, data security and disaster recovery, and supports work to modernize public access to the department's services online. The post is an established position and reports to the Director of the Belize Archives and Records Service (Circular Memorandum No. 80 of 2026).
Responsibilities
- Develop the department's physical databases, writing code and installing stored procedures and functions
- Manage database ownership, access privileges, security and database software
- Plan reliability, performance monitoring, security, backup, disaster recovery and logging activities
- Research and recommend database products, services and protocols, and carry out upgrades
- Restore lost or corrupted data and resolve integration and data-management issues
- Monitor and tune databases and maintain development and production DBMS environments
- Coordinate system access and end-user support with the Central Information Technology Office
- Make sure hardware meets database needs and improve processing performance
- Design and produce standard reports and maintain technical documents such as manuals
- Recommend testing and evaluation of new procedures, software and hardware
- May develop and maintain the department's website
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology with 3 to 5 years of experience in database management systems administration and maintenance, or a bachelor's degree with database certification (Oracle, MCDBA, MySQL or Sybase) and at least 5 years of that experience
- Knowledge of networks and wide area networks, IT security, IT operations and service management, office messaging platforms, business process analysis and relational database technology
- Strong leadership and excellent written, oral and interpersonal communication skills
- Self-motivated and detail-oriented, able to prioritize under pressure and work in a team
Preferred qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Information Technology or a closely related field, with 5 years of database administration experience and database certification (Oracle, MCDBA, MySQL or Sybase)