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    UP® otherwise known as Unified Payment Services Limited is Nigeria’s premier Payments & Financial Technology company founded in 1997 by a consortium of leading Nigerian banks. UP® operates as a shared infrastructure for the banking community in Nigeria and Payments Service Provider within and outside Nigeria, with a vision to be the most preferred e-payment service provider in Africa.

    Database Administrator

    Job Objectives

    • The Analyst Database Administrator is responsible for the administration, maintenance, performance, security, and availability of the organization's database infrastructure.
    • The role ensures that databases supporting critical business applications operate efficiently, securely, and with minimal downtime.
    • The incumbent will provide technical leadership, implement database best practices, support disaster recovery initiatives, and mentor junior database administrators.

    Duties & Key Responsibilities
    Database Administration:

    • Install, configure, upgrade, and maintain database management systems.
    • Administer and support production, test, staging, and development database environments.
    • Monitor database health, capacity, and performance.
    • Ensure database availability and reliability across all environments.
    • Implement database standards, policies, and procedures.

    Performance Monitoring And Optimization:

    • Monitor database performance and proactively identify bottlenecks.
    • Optimize queries, indexes, stored procedures, and database structures.
    • Perform database tuning to improve application performance.
    • Analyze system resource utilization and recommend improvements.
    • Generate database health and performance reports.
    • Track database growth and capacity trends.
    • Provide recommendations for infrastructure improvements.
    • Maintain comprehensive operational and technical documentation.

    Backup, Recovery, and Business Continuity:

    • Design and manage robust database backup strategies.
    • Perform regular backup validation and restoration testing.
    • Develop and maintain disaster recovery (DR) procedures.
    • Participate actively in business continuity and disaster recovery exercises.

    Security And Compliance:

    • Implement database security controls and access management protocols.
    • Manage database users, roles, and privileges.
    • Conduct regular security reviews and vulnerability assessments.
    • Ensure compliance with organizational policies, regulatory requirements, and audit standards.

    High Availability and Replication:

    • Configure and maintain database replication technologies.
    • Implement high - availability (HA) solutions and failover mechanisms.
    • Support database clustering and load balancing where applicable.
    • Monitor and maintain end - to - end database resiliency.

    Incident and Problem Management:

    • Investigate and resolve database - related incidents.
    • Perform root cause analysis (RCA) for recurring issues.
    • Provide second and third - level technical support.
    • Participate in major incident resolution activities.

    Knowledge Transfer:

    • Provide guidance and mentorship to junior team members.
    • Participate in technical reviews and project planning sessions.
    • Contribute to database architecture discussions.
    • Support knowledge - sharing initiatives within the IT team.

    Key Performance Indicators

    • Uptime: Maintain greater than or equal to 99.9% database uptime and availability across all production environments.
    • Backups & Recovery: Achieve 100% successful completion of scheduled database backups and ensure recovery meets agreed RTO / RPO targets.
    • Query Performance: Maintain an average query response time of less than 2 seconds for critical business applications.
    • Incident Resolution: Resolve at least 90% of database incidents within agreed SLAs.
    • Security & Compliance: Ensure 100% compliance with database security standards, role - based access controls (RBAC), and audit requirements.
    • Patch Management: Apply 100% of critical database patches and security updates within the approved policy timeframe.
    • Capacity Thresholds: Maintain CPU, memory, and storage utilization below 80% thresholds through proactive monitoring and capacity planning.
    • Asset Management: Maintain an accurate, up - to - date inventory of all database instances, configurations, licenses, and related assets.
    • DR Testing: Successfully execute and validate scheduled disaster recovery and database restoration tests in accordance with organizational policies.
    • Project Delivery: Deliver database - related projects, enhancements, and change requests within approved scopes, timelines, and quality standards.
    • Documentation: Ensure 100% accuracy and currency of database documentation, including architecture diagrams, procedures, and operational runbooks.
    • Reporting: Provide monthly database health, performance, capacity, and security reports to management and relevant stakeholders within agreed timelines.

    Job Requirements
    Education:

    • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.

    Professional Certifications (Preferred):

    • Microsoft SQL Server Certifications.
    • Oracle Certified Professional (OCP).
    • PostgreSQL Certification.
    • MySQL Database Administrator Certification.

    Key Competency Requirements:
    Experience:

    • 3 – 6 years of hands - on database administration experience.
    • Proven experience managing mission - critical, enterprise database environments.
    • Demonstrated experience with database backup, recovery, replication, and high - availability solutions across MSSQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MySQL.
    • Experience supporting enterprise applications and large - scale databases.
    • Prior experience in financial services, banking, or heavily regulated industries is a distinct advantage.

    Technical Skills:
    Database Platforms:

    • Microsoft SQL Server.
    • Oracle Database.
    • PostgreSQL.
    • MySQL.

    Operating Systems:

    • Linux (Red Hat, Ubuntu, CentOS).
    • Windows Server.

    Monitoring & Management Tools:

    • SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).
    • Oracle Enterprise Manager.
    • SolarWinds.
    • Redgate Tools.
    • Native Database Monitoring Solutions.

    Behavioural Competencies:

    • Results - oriented.
    • Demonstrates high integrity.
    • Proactive and self - motivated.
    • Decisive problem solver.
    • Highly analytical.
    • Creative and innovative.

    Core Attributes:

    • Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
    • Excellent problem - solving abilities.
    • Meticulous attention to detail and accuracy.
    • Effective communication and stakeholder management skills.

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