Senior Database Administrator at 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

• Competitive salary
• Health Insurance
• Pension
• Performance Bonus
• Annual paid vacation
• Group Life Insurance.

How to Apply
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