Backup & Database Administrator

About the role

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.

Key responsibilities

• Install, configure and maintain enterprise database systems such as Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL Databases, PostgreSQL and MySQL.
• Design and implement enterprise backup strategies, configure automated backup jobs and perform regular validation and recovery testing.
• Develop and maintain disaster recovery plans, implement replication, failover and high‑availability configurations, and participate in DR drills.
• Monitor database performance, optimise queries, indexing and storage, and resolve bottlenecks.
• Implement security policies, manage user roles, apply encryption, auditing and collaborate with cybersecurity teams.
• Integrate databases with application servers, cloud platforms, analytics environments and support DevOps pipelines.

Required profile

• 5‑8 years of experience in database administration, backup and recovery management, and enterprise data infrastructure.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field.
• Professional certifications such as Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate, Azure Administrator Associate (AZ‑104) or Commvault Certified Engineer are preferred.
• Proven ability to design disaster recovery solutions, perform performance tuning and support critical business applications.

Required skills

• Microsoft SQL Server
• Azure SQL Database & Managed Instances
• PostgreSQL
• MySQL
• Windows Server, Active Directory and virtualization technologies
• Commvault backup software
• Disaster recovery planning and high‑availability configuration
• Database performance optimisation and query tuning