SQL Server DBA / Developer

Our client is a leading provider of quantitative equity strategies for institutional clients with a prestigious global roster of corporate pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, foundations, and sub-advised funds. An innovative, team-oriented organization that welcomes intellectual curiosity, outside-the-box thinking, and practical problem solving. They’re seeking a SQL Server Database Administrator to build and manage a best in class database platform for quantitative investment applications. Will also participate in application development efforts while assisting quantitative and data engineers.

• 3 days a week in the office hybrid work environment.
• $150K-$200K salary plus 20% bonus.
  
  
  

Responsibilities:

• Manage database Disaster Recovery and High Availability for quantitative financial data, portfolio management, and trading databases
• Install and upgrade the SQL Server database instances in all environments including but not limited to development, QA and Production
• Design and develop quantitative investment applications, system interfaces, databases, and reporting as required to deliver new systems functionality
• Perform data analysis, SQL optimization, database tuning, and general database reliability analysis
• Proactively monitor the database systems to ensure secure operations with minimum downtime
• Collaborate with the development team throughout the system lifecycle, providing guidance on table design, index optimization, and SQL query best practices
• Responsible for implementation and release of database changes as submitted by the development team
• Apply security patches in accordance with approved maintenance schedules
• Oversee data processing workflows and ensure proper monitoring
  
  
  

Required Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field
• Proven 5+ years of SQL Server Database Administration experience
• 5+ years of SQL development experience including packages, stored procedures, triggers, and scripting development in a multi-user production environment
• Ability to understand requirements and support SQL deployment to multiple environments
• Experience with SQL Server High Availability configurations and Disaster Recovery
  
  
  

Preferred:

• Experience in Python or C or C++ is a plus
• Familiarity with equity market data (S&P Global, Bloomberg, LSEG/Refinitiv, FactSet, etc.) is a plus
  
  
  

If you meet the required qualifications and are interested in this role, please apply today.

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