diff --git a/.github/workflows/be-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/be-deploy.yml
index c27803d..3e739fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/be-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/be-deploy.yml
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ on:
   push:
     paths:
       - apps/backend/**/*.ts
+      - apps/backend/**/*.sql
     tags:
       - v*.*.*
-    branches:
-      - master
 
 jobs:
+  # TODO: Implement Database Migrations and data backup
   deploy_backend:
     name: Trigger Render Deployment
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/fe-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/fe-deploy.yml
index c393aa0..21df25b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fe-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fe-deploy.yml
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ on:
       - "apps/web/**/*.ts"
     tags:
       - v*.*.*
-    branches:
-      - master
 
 jobs:
   build_artifacts:
diff --git a/apps/backend/scripts/migrate-backup.ts b/apps/backend/scripts/migrate-backup.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a996ca0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/backend/scripts/migrate-backup.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+import { execSync, spawn } from 'node:child_process';
+import {
+  createReadStream,
+  createWriteStream,
+  existsSync,
+  mkdirSync,
+  chmodSync,
+  unlinkSync,
+  statSync,
+} from 'node:fs';
+import { pipeline } from 'node:stream/promises';
+import { createGzip } from 'node:zlib';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import os from 'node:os';
+
+// --- Configuration ---
+const DB_URL = process.env.DATABASE_URL;
+const UPLOAD_URL = process.env.BACKUP_UPLOAD_URL;
+const UPLOAD_METHOD = process.env.BACKUP_UPLOAD_METHOD || 'PUT';
+const MIGRATION_CMD = process.env.MIGRATION_CMD || 'pnpm drizzle-kit migrate';
+
+const TIMESTAMP = new Date().toISOString().replace(/[:.]/g, '-');
+const TEMP_BACKUP_PATH = path.join(process.cwd(), `backup-${TIMESTAMP}.sql.gz`);
+const BIN_DIR = path.join(process.cwd(), '.bin');
+
+// --- Pre-checks ---
+
+/**
+ * Ensures the script is running with Administrative / Sudo privileges
+ */
+function ensureAdminPrivileges(): void {
+  const isWindows = process.platform === 'win32';
+
+  if (!isWindows) {
+    if (process.getuid && process.getuid() !== 0) {
+      console.error(
+        '❌ Error: This script must be run with root/sudo privileges.',
+      );
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+  } else {
+    try {
+      execSync('net session', { stdio: 'ignore' });
+    } catch {
+      console.error(
+        '❌ Error: This script must be run in an Administrator command prompt.',
+      );
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Checks if pg_dump is installed, otherwise downloads static binaries into a local directory
+ */
+async function ensurePgDumpBinary(): Promise<string> {
+  // Check system PATH first
+  try {
+    execSync('pg_dump --version', { stdio: 'ignore' });
+    return 'pg_dump';
+  } catch {
+    console.log(
+      '⚠️ pg_dump not found in system PATH. Checking local binaries...',
+    );
+  }
+
+  const localPgDumpPath = path.join(
+    BIN_DIR,
+    process.platform === 'win32' ? 'pg_dump.exe' : 'pg_dump',
+  );
+
+  if (existsSync(localPgDumpPath)) {
+    return localPgDumpPath;
+  }
+
+  console.log('📦 Downloading standalone pg_dump binary...');
+  mkdirSync(BIN_DIR, { recursive: true });
+
+  const platform = os.platform();
+  const arch = os.arch();
+
+  // URL source for static pg_dump binaries (using standard prebuilt static binaries)
+  let downloadUrl = '';
+  if (platform === 'linux' && arch === 'x64') {
+    downloadUrl =
+      'https://github.com/eeacms/postgresql-client/raw/master/bin/linux/x86_64/pg_dump';
+  } else {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Automatic pg_dump download is not configured for platform: ${platform}-${arch}. Please install postgresql-client manually.`,
+    );
+  }
+
+  const res = await fetch(downloadUrl);
+  if (!res.ok || !res.body) {
+    throw new Error(`Failed to download pg_dump binary from ${downloadUrl}`);
+  }
+
+  const fileStream = createWriteStream(localPgDumpPath);
+  await pipeline(res.body, fileStream);
+
+  if (platform !== ('win32' as string)) {
+    chmodSync(localPgDumpPath, 0o755);
+  }
+
+  console.log('✅ pg_dump binary downloaded successfully.');
+  return localPgDumpPath;
+}
+
+// --- Operational Steps ---
+
+function runMigrations(): void {
+  console.log('🔄 Running database migrations...');
+  try {
+    execSync(MIGRATION_CMD, { stdio: 'inherit', env: process.env });
+    console.log('✅ Migrations completed successfully.');
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('❌ Migration step failed.');
+    throw error;
+  }
+}
+
+async function createCompressedDump(
+  pgDumpBinary: string,
+  connectionString: string,
+  outputPath: string,
+): Promise<void> {
+  console.log(`📦 Creating compressed database dump: ${outputPath}`);
+
+  const pgDump = spawn(
+    pgDumpBinary,
+    ['--dbname=' + connectionString, '--clean', '--if-exists'],
+    { stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'inherit'] },
+  );
+
+  const gzip = createGzip();
+  const outputStream = createWriteStream(outputPath);
+
+  await pipeline(pgDump.stdout, gzip, outputStream);
+  console.log('✅ Compressed dump created successfully.');
+}
+
+async function uploadBackup(
+  filePath: string,
+  uploadUrl: string,
+): Promise<void> {
+  console.log('🚀 Uploading backup to remote endpoint...');
+  const fileStats = statSync(filePath);
+  const fileStream = createReadStream(filePath);
+
+  const response = await fetch(uploadUrl, {
+    method: UPLOAD_METHOD,
+    headers: {
+      'Content-Type': 'application/gzip',
+      'Content-Length': fileStats.size.toString(),
+    },
+    // @ts-expect-error Node fetch supports ReadableStream in body
+    body: fileStream,
+    duplex: 'half',
+  });
+
+  if (!response.ok) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Upload failed with status ${response.status}: ${response.statusText}`,
+    );
+  }
+
+  console.log('✅ Backup successfully uploaded.');
+}
+
+// --- Main Execution ---
+
+async function main(): Promise<void> {
+  ensureAdminPrivileges();
+
+  if (!DB_URL) {
+    console.error('❌ Error: DATABASE_URL environment variable is required.');
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const pgDumpExecutable = await ensurePgDumpBinary();
+
+    runMigrations();
+    await createCompressedDump(pgDumpExecutable, DB_URL, TEMP_BACKUP_PATH);
+
+    if (UPLOAD_URL) {
+      await uploadBackup(TEMP_BACKUP_PATH, UPLOAD_URL);
+    } else {
+      console.log('⚠️ BACKUP_UPLOAD_URL not set. Skipping upload step.');
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('💥 Database operations failed:', error);
+    process.exitCode = 1;
+  } finally {
+    if (existsSync(TEMP_BACKUP_PATH)) {
+      console.log('🧹 Cleaning up temporary backup file...');
+      unlinkSync(TEMP_BACKUP_PATH);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+main();
diff --git a/apps/backend/scripts/tsconfig.json b/apps/backend/scripts/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a243c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/backend/scripts/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "files": ["migrate-backup.ts"],
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "types": ["node"]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/apps/backend/tsconfig.json b/apps/backend/tsconfig.json
index 1c09aa4..281e0a6 100644
--- a/apps/backend/tsconfig.json
+++ b/apps/backend/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "extends": ["nitro/tsconfig"],
+  "exclude": ["./scripts"],
   "compilerOptions": {
     "paths": {
       "~/*": ["./server/*"]