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Expert Database (Proactive Pipeline)

Jazz

Administers the databases behind Jazz BSS systems, covering installation, tuning, security, troubleshooting and automation, with on-call support for 24/7 availability. Suits a database administrator with mid-level experience in production database operations.

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A referral only means something if the person giving it can actually speak to your work. I will refer you where I know someone on the inside and your profile genuinely fits the role, and I will tell you plainly when I cannot. Either way you get an answer, and a straight one.

  • I read every request. A reply takes a few days, sometimes longer.
  • I will not refer someone for a role their profile does not fit. It wastes your time and costs me the contact.
  • Where I cannot refer you, I will say why, and point you at the way in that does work.
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Comma separated, up to six. Things you would be happy to be tested on.

Where

Islamabad

On-site
Experience

About three to five years of experience.

Pay

Pay not stated

Type

Full-time

Posted 1 Dec 2023

What they ask for

Database administrationPerformance tuningSQLDatabase securityAutomationTroubleshooting

How Jazz hires

Professional-track roles generally require a bachelor’s or master’s degree from an HEC-recognised institution. Preferred fields include computer science, electrical engineering, telecommunications and data science.

  1. 1

    HR screening call

    Recruiter screen · Candidate reported

  2. 2

    Technical or commercial assessment

    Online test · Candidate reported

    Which one depends on the function you have applied to.

  3. 3

    One or two structured panel interviews

    Panel interview · Candidate reported

    For technology roles these include live coding exercises or architecture discussion cases.

What comes up

Architecture discussion cases
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About the company

Pakistan’s largest mobile operator, part of VEON, with an in-house technology group covering network, digital products and the JazzCash payments business.

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