Senior Database Administrator and Solutions Architect (Hybrid)

About this role

A contract yet potentially full-time Senior Database Administrator and Solutions Architect role in Lagos with hybrid work. The position focuses on auditing, optimising and architecting large database deployments (MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Oracle) for a telecommunications environment and delivering strategic roadmaps to executive stakeholders.

What you would do

• Audit replica sets, sharding strategies and storage engines
• Lead capacity planning and disaster recovery planning for 12–24 months
• Diagnose OS-level bottlenecks and optimise Linux performance
• Translate technical findings into executive-level presentations and roadmaps
• Manage end-to-end database assessment workflows and project milestones
• Review data models and indexing to handle high-volume CDR processing and subscribers

What they are asking for

• 8+ years as DBA and Database Architect
• 5+ years specialising in MongoDB, PostgreSQL and Oracle
• Experience managing complex technical projects and multi-phase database assessments
• Strong MongoDB expertise (6.0/7.0+, Ops Manager/Cloud Manager) and performance tools
• Hands-on Linux/Unix administration, scripting and containerised deployments (Kubernetes/OpenShift)
• Telco domain experience with high-volume, low-latency data environments

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