Application and Database Administrator at Berger Paints Nigeria Plc

Summary

• This role is responsible for installing, configuring, maintaining, monitoring and improving the performance of a company’s application & database framework.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain applications & database systems, including monitoring, tuning performance and troubleshooting issues.
• Installing and configuring applications, ensuring that data is synchronized correctly between databases, and troubleshooting application-related issues.
• Monitor database performance, implement changes and apply new patches and versions when required given optimizing database performance and efficiency.
• Ensure data security and integrity, including implementation of access controls, backups and recovery.
• Collaborate with third-party developers and other team members to design and implement new features as well as troubleshoot any data-related issues in the Organization.
• Support users and developers by resolving data-related technical issues and troubleshooting queries by guiding them with best practices.
• Work with other team members to execute disaster recovery plans and procedures to ensure database availability during system outages or dysfunction.
• Execute regular database maintenance tasks, including database defragmentation, backups, and database replication.
• Minimize database downtime and manage parameters to provide fast query responses.
• Write queries for report generation from the database where applicable when such reports are not available from the front-end applications.
• Provide proactive and reactive data management support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree / HND in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field.
• Experience with Microsoft NAV or Dynamics 365 BC Application.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft NAV / Dynamics 365 BC Development Environment.
• Knowledge of database management systems such as Microsoft SQL Server, and MySQL and ability to write SQL queries.
• Experience in database backup, disaster recovery plan execution, database performance optimisation and data security.