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About the role
The Dangote Group is one of the most diversified business conglomerates in Africa, with operational headquarters in Lagos, Nigeria. Its activities span cement manufacturing, sugar manufacturing, and more.
The Backup & Database Administrator reports to the Lead, Infrastructure, and is responsible for the administration, protection, and operational reliability of enterprise database platforms and backup systems supporting critical business applications. The role ensures enterprise data infrastructure remains secure, recoverable, highly available, and compliant with organizational policies and regulatory requirements across hybrid infrastructure environments.
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Responsibilities
- Install, configure, and maintain enterprise database systems including Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL Databases & SQL Managed Instances, PostgreSQL, and MySQL.
- Perform database provisioning and configuration according to enterprise standards.
- Manage database instances, schemas, and objects.
- Monitor database health and performance.
- Design and implement enterprise backup strategies for databases and server platforms.
- Manage backup systems and software platforms.
- Configure automated backup jobs and retention policies.
- Perform regular backup validation and recovery testing.
- Develop and maintain disaster recovery plans for database systems.
- Implement replication, failover, and high-availability configurations.
- Participate in disaster recovery drills and testing exercises.
- Ensure data recovery objectives meet organizational RTO and RPO.
- Monitor database performance and system resource utilization.
- Optimize queries, indexing strategies, and database structures.
- Identify and resolve database bottlenecks affecting application performance.
- Collaborate with application teams to improve database efficiency.
- Implement database security policies and access control mechanisms.
- Manage database user roles and permissions.
- Apply encryption, auditing, and compliance controls.
- Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to mitigate database threats.
- Manage database storage, allocation, and growth.
- Monitor storage utilization and plan for capacity expansion.
- Optimize database storage structures and archiving strategies.
- Ensure data consistency and integrity across enterprise systems.
- Implement data validation procedures and integrity checks.
- Troubleshoot database corruption or data anomalies.
- Integrate databases with enterprise infrastructure including application servers, cloud platforms, analytics environments, and backup and storage systems.
- Support DevOps pipelines and automated database deployments.
- Monitor database and backup systems using enterprise monitoring platforms.
- Respond to database incidents and service disruptions.
- Conduct root cause analysis and implement corrective actions.
- Maintain documentation for database architecture and backup procedures.
- Ensure compliance with enterprise data governance policies.
- Support internal and external audits related to data protection and compliance.
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