REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK. Avenue Joseph Anoma, 01 B.P. 1387, Abidjan, CÔTE d'ivoire

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1 REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK Avenue Joseph Anoma, 01 B.P. 1387, Abidjan, CÔTE d'ivoire Corporate IT Services Department (CHIS) Telephone: (+225) / (+225) Expressions of interest are being requested for: Junior Database and Data Management Consultant Brief description of the Assignment: The services required under this assignment will include in one hand the installation, upgrade, and maintenance of the Bank s corporate platforms hosting Oracle, SQL Server and MySQL databases and associated products. In the other hand, the incumbent will maintain all mid-tiers systems such as Oracle Fusion mid-tiers, Oracle WebLogic, Oracle Business Intelligence, IIS, Apache servers, JBoss. In addition, the objective is to support users/developers to setup, configure and maintain various applications and package software at the data backend level. At least, the required services will include additional configuration, monitoring, tuning, and troubleshooting database and mid-tiers environments, moving and promoting database objects from development, quality and production landscape, designing of interfaces between systems, optimizing and analyzing performance issue. Department issuing the request: Corporate Information Technology Services (CHIS) Place of assignment: Abidjan /Cote D Ivoire Duration of the assignment: 06 months Tentative Date of commencement: 01 st July Detailed Terms of reference for the assignment: The TOR is in annex 1 below. Deadline for applications: Tuesday 15 th May 2018 at 17h00 Abidjan local time. Applications to be submitted by to: IT_Recruitment@AFDB.ORG Any questions and requests for clarifications may be sent to: IT_Recruitment@AFDB.ORG Please attach updated Curriculum Vitae on the basis of the template below:

2 MODEL CURRICULUM VITAE (CV) Title of the Assignment: Department: Surname: Birth Date: Address: Telephone: First Name: Nationality: Country: Are any of your family members (spouse/partner, father/mother, Yes No Brother/sister, Son/daughter, etc. employed in the African If «Yes», the Development Bank? following data must be provided Name Relationship Organization Unit Place of Assignment Language Level English French Other (specify) Read Written Spoken Key Qualifications: Please provide (i) a summary of your experience and training highlighting the most relevant for the proposed assignment, and (ii) the responsibilities which you exercised. Utilize one half-page maximum. Education (University Level and above only): Name of University - City - Country Period Diploma Obtained Main Topic / Major From To Professional Training:

3 Name of Training Institution- City - Country Type of Training Period Certificates or Diploma Obtained From From Employment Record: Begin with your most recent employment. For each job since your Master Degree achievement, please indicate: - Name of the Employer - Type of Activity/Business of the Employer - Title / Function - Place of Employment - Start and End date - Period - Brief Description of main accomplishments and responsibilities Reference: Please indicate the name and address of three persons with no family relationship with yourself, familiar with your character and titles. I hereby certify that the responses which I provided above are all, to the best of my knowledge, true, complete and accurate. I acknowledge that an inaccurate statement or essential omission in a personal declaration or another document required by the African Development Bank might result in the rejection of my application, termination of my Contract or any other administrative sanction by the Bank. The African Development Bank may verify any statements which I made in this application. Date: Signature :

4 ANNEX 1: TERMS OF REFRENCE RECRUITMENT OF A JUNIOR DATABASE AND DATA MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT 1. BACKGROUND The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is a regional multilateral development finance institution established in 1963 with a mandate to further the economic development and social progress of African countries, individually and collectively. The Bank has approximately over 2000 staff members, who have been recruited from a wide geographic area only limited by membership in the Bank. There are currently 80 different nationalities from Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas represented within the Bank making the institution multicultural in every sense of the word. The Bank has two official languages: English and French. It co-operates with a large network of international development partners. Corporate Information Technology Department (CHIS) The strategic objective of the Corporate Information Technology Department (CHIS) at the Bank is to align the IT delivery strategy along with the Bank s business strategy, to increase the organizational effectiveness through efficient use of the Information Systems (IS). Under the leadership of the Bank s Information System s Director, CHIS department is mandated by the Bank to deliver the best possible IT services for Bank staff, and help achieve the results that will get the Bank closer to accomplishing its development goals. 2. OBJECTIVE The Bank intends to engage the services of a Database and Data Management Consultant. The services required under this assignment will include in one hand the installation, upgrade, and maintenance of the Bank s corporate platforms hosting Oracle, SQL Server and MySQL databases and associated products. In the other hand, the incumbent will maintain all mid-tiers systems such as Oracle Fusion mid-tiers, Oracle WebLogic, Oracle Business Intelligence, IIS, Apache servers, JBoss. In addition, the objective is to support users/developers to setup, configure and maintain various applications and package software at the data backend level. At least, the required services will include additional configuration, monitoring, tuning, and troubleshooting database and mid-tiers environments, moving and promoting database objects from development, quality and production landscape, designing of interfaces between systems, optimizing and analyzing performance issue. 3. SCOPE OF THE SERVICES The consultant will undertake the following duties: Install, manage and administrate all Bank s databases: Plan, install and control the configuration of all Bank s database standard software (Oracle, SQL Server, and MySQL), Client connections, and database instances. Maintain and perform day-to-day monitoring for all databases, backup/restore strategy, replication for disaster recovery and continuity, audit logs, roles and profiles, and SQL tuning.

5 Work closely with software developers to implement robust, scalable applications that interface with those databases. Migrate, patch and/or upgrade database software. Version control, fix application according to suppliers recommendations and documentations. Install, configure and maintain mid-tier servers (Application servers, Web Servers, Directory and Authentication servers). Applications deployments and monitoring. Create database objects for applications: table spaces, tables, index, views, sequences, programs, and database links. Design, develop, and manage large complex databases that are located on multiple servers in diverse hardware and operating systems environments. Assist the developers on creating, testing and validating queries, stored procedures, functions and reports on DEV and QA/Test environments. Ensure data management for all applications: data loading, shared common data, interfaces between systems, and software packages Execute any others activities related to the objectives (see 2) 4. DELIVERABLES The following is the list of expected deliverables during and at the end of the assignment: Document all activities handled during the mission Develop and document any improvement applied in the Bank s databases and midtiers environments. Develop and document client and transport strategy within the database platforms and landscape 5. PROFILE OF THE CONSULTANT Ability to multi-task and to prioritize competing demands, in a fast paced environment At least IT Engineer and/or Master level education Between 2 to 4 years of database administration experience, ability to design and set up new Oracle, SQL Server and MySQL database systems Have less than 32 years age. Strong experience with Database Administration (DBA) to maintain & operate the Bank s IT systems Hands-on mid-tiers software (OAS, WebLogic, IIS, Apache, JBoss) experience Experience with OS/DB installation, maintenance, and upgrade

6 working knowledge of UNIX, LAMP, SAN Storage, Networking LAN/WAN/VPN Experience with Oracle Cloud Control 12c and other monitoring tools and utilities for systems administration Experience on administrating clustered SQL Server databases using Always-On for high availability Experience in managing full-cycle (design, testing, promote to production) of application developments Certified on Database Administration would be an asset written and verbal communication skills in French or English is a must. presentation skills. analytical skills 6. DURATION The assignment period is expected for 06 months. The commencement date is expected for 1 st July LOCATION The work will be carried on at Bank s headquarter at Abidjan, Ivory Coast. 8. REPORTING The consultant will report to the Head of Database and Data Management section. 9. REMUNERATION The remuneration will be based on the Consultant experience and the Bank GUIDELINES ON INDIVIDUAL JUNIOR CONSULTANTS REMUNERATION.