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DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR |
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About DRW Trading Group:
DRW Trading Group is a global proprietary trading organization. Our mission is to empower an organization of exceptional individuals to identify and capture trading opportunities in the global markets by leveraging and integrating technology, risk management and quantitative research. As the trading industry continues to evolve at an accelerating pace, we expect the future to present us with both great opportunities and challenges.
DRW is seeking a Database Administrator to join the DBA team who will be responsible for support and maintenance of database environments including running backups, securing, monitoring, performance tuning and troubleshooting. He/She will also be responsible for providing technical assistance by responding to requests regarding test database refreshes, permissions and access to the database environment.
Responsibilities:
- Ongoing support and administration of existing production and development database environments
- Perform backups, restores, log shipping, mirroring, replication, etc.
- Perform database performance and query tuning
- Proactively monitor and maintain production databases
- Work with system engineering team on database server installation, configuration and system performance tuning, and capacity planning
- Implement database migration from one server to another, and synchronize the development/QA/UAT from production environments
- Deploy production database changes and releases
- Respond to production and business-critical issues and needs on 24/7 basis and rotate in an on-call schedule (1 week on, every 5th week)
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Qualifications:
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- One to three years of experience as a DBA in Oracle and/or SQL Server
- Working knowledge of data backup, recovery, and rollback planning/implementation
- Working knowledge of database performance tuning and configuration tools in Oracle and/or SQL Server
- Working knowledge of monitoring and troubleshooting Oracle and/or SQL Server using either native technologies or third party tools
- Working knowledge of any Linux/Unix platforms
- Working knowledge of T-SQL, PL/SQL development and/or optimization
- Experience with clustering, replication and mirroring is a plus
- Experience working with database infrastructure of trading firms/capital markets is a plus
- Must be able to work in an agile, fast-paced environment, and be able to prioritize multiple tasks and projects and efficiently respond to changing priorities
- Must be self-motivated and willing to take initiative and enjoy challenges as an individual and as a team member
- Must be able and willing to learn new database technologies (and beyond)
- Understand and comply with SDLC, source control and change management protocols
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
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