Sr. Database Administrator recruitment

We are seeking a Sr. Database Administrator to join our OptionsHouse technology team. A successful candidate will be responsible for administering, building, maintaining, and optimizing databases. This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated individual to join a growing organization.

Primary responsibilities

· Ongoing support and administration of existing production, staging, QA and development database environments

· Configure and tune database servers for best sustainable performance

· Review SQL code and implement all changes to the development and production databases

· Work with development teams to optimize SQL queries used in custom applications

· Provide database expertise to the software development teams

Skills required in areas:

· Expert Level Experience installing, configuring and maintaining PostgreSQL, ideally EnterpriseDB Advanced Server

· Thorough understanding of relational database/schema design, SQL queries and query optimization, and stored procedure development

· Strong skills in optimizing and tuning databases and queries

· Experience with replication and high availability technologies

Ideal Candidate Attributes

· Experience working with different database platforms (SQLServer, PostgreSQL, mySQL, etc.)

· Ability to manage multiple, simultaneous issues

· Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

· Development background a plus

· Experience in a financial markets environment a plus

Technical knowledge and Experience and Educational Requirements

· Bachelor of Science degree or equivalent education and work experience is required

· 5+ years hands on PostgreSQL DBA experience