Engagement Type: Consultancy / Full-Time
Client Sector: Telecommunications
Role Overview
- Lead a comprehensive Database Environment Assessment for a major Nigerian telecommunications provider.
- You will audit, optimize, and architect large-scale, mission-critical MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and Oracle deployments to ensure maximum performance, security, and high availability HA in a high-traffic Telco environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Infrastructure & Linux Performance: Audit replica sets, sharding strategies, and storage engines e.g., WiredTiger. Leverage deep Linux/Unix system knowledge to diagnose OS-level bottlenecks, disk I/O, and resource utilization.
- Project Management & Delivery: Manage end-to-end assessment workflows, set project milestones, manage technical deliverables, and align cross-functional teams to meet deadlines.
- Security & Regulatory Compliance: Conduct gap analyses on RBAC, encryption at-rest/in-transit, and audit logging to align with NDPR and Telco regulatory standards.
- Data Modeling & Architecture: Review schema designs and indexing to handle millions of concurrent subscribers and Call Detail Record CDR processing efficiently.
- Capacity Planning & Disaster Recovery: Build a 12–24 month infrastructure growth roadmap and validate cross-region failover and backup/restore protocols.
- Executive Stakeholder Reporting: Translate technical insights into strategic "State of the Database" presentations and roadmaps for C-suite stakeholders.
Required Qualifications
- Experience: 8+ years in DBA and Database Architecture, with 5+ years specializing in MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and Oracle.
- Linux Administration: Hands-on expertise in Linux/Unix operating systems, shell scripting, and containerized deployments Kubernetes/OpenShift.
- Project Management: Proven ability to manage complex technical projects, track deliverables, and run multi-phase database assessment lifecycles.
- Telco Domain Expertise: Track record supporting high-volume, low-latency, "Telco-grade" data environments.
- MongoDB Mastery: Strong expertise in MongoDB 6.0/7.0+, Ops Manager, Cloud Manager, and performance tools mongostat, mongotop, Profiler.
Preferred Qualifications:
- MongoDB Certified DBA, Oracle Certified Professional, or AWS/Azure Solutions Architect certifications.
- Certified PMP, PRINCE2, or Agile Scrum Master credentials.
- Familiarity with Nigeria Data Protection Regulation NDPR requirements.
- Experience with ELK Stack Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana for centralized log monitoring.
Method of Application
Send CV to: faith.onokhoikhua@vennote.com
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