About this role

Reports to: Lead, Infrastructure

The Backup & Database Administrator is responsible for the administration, protection, and operational reliability of enterprise database platforms and backup systems supporting critical business applications.
The role ensures that enterprise data infrastructure remains secure, recoverable, highly available, and compliant with organizational policies and regulatory requirements.
Operating within a large-scale enterprise IT environment and organizations, the role safeguards the organization’s most asset data, by implementing robust backup, recovery, and database administration strategies across hybrid infrastructure environments.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Database Administration:

Install, configure, and maintain enterprise database systems including:
Microsoft SQL Server
Azure SQL Databases & SQL Managed Instances
PostgreSQL
MySQL
Perform database provisioning and configuration according to enterprise standards.
Manage database instances, schemas, and objects.
Monitor database health and performance.

Backup and Recovery Management:

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.
Effective backup strategies ensure minimal data loss and enable rapid restoration of business-critical systems during failures.

Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity:

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 that data recovery objectives meet organizational recovery time objectives (RTO) and recovery point objectives (RPO).

Database Performance Optimization:

Backup & Database Administrator