SQL Server Database Administrator (DBA)

SQL Server Database Administrator (DBA)

About the Role:

This is a highly visible and impactful position sitting at the intersection of database engineering and quantitative application development. You will play a key role in designing optimizing and maintaining the core SQL Server platform that powers portfolio management trading systems and financial data pipelines.

The role goes beyond traditional DBA responsibilities. You will contribute to database architecture decisions performance engineering system reliability and development initiatives across the full application lifecycle. This is an opportunity to directly influence the stability scalability and performance of systems that drive investment decisions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage SQL Server Disaster Recovery and High Availability environments supporting quantitative financial and trading databases
• Install configure and upgrade SQL Server instances across Development QA and Production environments
• Design and develop databases system interfaces and reporting solutions to support new quantitative investment functionality
• Perform advanced data analysis SQL optimization database tuning and performance diagnostics
• Proactively monitor database systems to ensure secure reliable and low-downtime operations
• Collaborate closely with developers on table design indexing strategies and query optimization best practices
• Implement and release database changes submitted by the development team
• Apply security patches in accordance with approved maintenance schedules
• Oversee and monitor data processing workflows to ensure operational integrity

Requirements:

• Masters degree in Computer Science or a related field
• 5 years of SQL Server Database Administration experience
• 5 years of SQL development experience including packages procedures triggers and scripting in a multi-user production environment
• Strong ability to translate business and system requirements into tables views stored procedures and functions
• Experience supporting SQL deployments across multiple environments
• Hands-on experience with SQL Server High Availability and Disaster Recovery configurations
• Experience in C or C is a strong plus
• Familiarity with equity market data platforms such as S&P Global Bloomberg LSEG/Refinitiv FactSet or similar providers is a strong plus

Why You Should Join:

• Direct impact: Your work will directly support quantitative investment strategies and live trading systems.
• High ownership environment: You will have meaningful influence over database architecture and performance standards.
• Engineering-focused culture: The firm values clean design technical rigor and long-term system stability.
• Exposure to quantitative finance: Work closely with investment professionals and gain insight into how data drives portfolio decisions.
• Stability and long-term growth: Join a firm committed to investing in technology and infrastructure excellence.
• Collaborative team structure: You will work alongside experienced developers and technologists in a high-performance environment.