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Senior Database Administrator at Babban Gona

Mar 11, 2021, 1:16 AM
Agricultural & Agro-Allied
Babban Gona

Babban Gona Agricultural Franchise is a financially sustainable, high impact and highly scalable social enterprise, which is part-owned by the farmers it serves. Babban Gona is an innovative model designed to serve the bottom of the pyramid and transform agriculture into a job-creation engine. Through this agricultural franchise, Babban Gona offers a suite of services to smallholder farmers, helping them to overcome the challenges of fragmentation and low economies of scale.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Senior Database Administrator

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full time

Key Responsibilities

Monitor and analyze Babban Gona’s database performance (currently MS SQL Server) and ensure effective and efficient utilization of database systems/processes.
Resolve all complex issues that arise, determining the cause of the database problem, determine a solution and implement the appropriate actions to correct.
Minimize database downtime and manage parameters to provide fast query responses.
Use tools like SQL Profiler for database tuning.
Set up and maintain database infrastructure for the company’s BI needs.
Provide a seamless flow of information throughout the company, considering both backend data structure and frontend accessibility for end-users.
Maintain data standards, including adherence to the Data Protection Act
Test backup and recovery process following the standard operating procedures to ensure that data can be successfully be retrieved.
Maintain data integrity and security (manage roles and permissions of database users).
Implement a Business Continuity solution for the database environment, including the installation and configuration of database software and replication processes.
Perform tests and evaluations regularly to ensure data security, privacy and integrity
Performs performance/Health Checks on systems as needed or as requested by Management.
Provide information to leadership for required hardware purchases, assisted in the design and installation of any new database servers to ensure integration with all application servers.
Support software developers with database operations including the development of complex SQL, tuning of DML and the creation of stored procedures.
Ensure that storage and archiving procedures are functioning correctly.
Carry out capacity planning and constantly looking for innovative approaches to upgrade the system to more efficient and effective new technologies.
Create and manage constraints and indexes.
Use high-speed transaction recovery techniques and backup data
Create detailed documentation including diagrams of database infrastructure.
Incorporate drill down and interactive capabilities based on user interface requirements.
Strong understanding of the operating system, networking and other underlying components of the infrastructure as it relates to the RDBMS supported.
Other responsibilities and tasks required to support organizational goals and objectives.

Reporting Line:

This position reports to Head, Enterprise Systems Engineering.

Requirements
Proven working experience as a Database Administrator:

Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in Information Technology/Computer Science or equivalent/related technical discipline.
Familiarity with database design, documentation and coding.
5+ years of SQL server database experience as Database Administrator (DBA), including experience installing, configuring, designing, patching, archiving, and monitoring to include performance tuning databases with indexing.
Experience utilizing various high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) options for MS SQL Server.
Experienced in SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) and SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS).
Previous experience with DBA case tools (frontend/backend) and third party tools.
Working knowledge of data encryption techniques and database querying and management tools.
Experience running and creating SQL Server health assessments reports/SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) report development/experience writing complex SQL Queries.
Sound knowledge of RDBMS concepts, database architecture and SQL/T-SQL.
Passionate about constantly learning and looking for innovative ways to improve on current systems.

Start Up Environment:

Thrives in a fast paced, start-up environment with dynamic business priorities.

Unlocking Potential of Team Members:

Experience in managing multidisciplinary teams to meet strategic objectives is important.
Extensive experience and passion for coaching/ mentoring a team.

Detailed Orientation and Managing Complexity:

Extensive experience leading a complex organization and passion for getting into details to identify root cause of issues and create innovative solutions.

Benefits