The Client is a leading IT managed services provider to the world's premier alternative investment managers, providing technology hosting, monitoring, management, disaster prevention and recovery, security, and other high-end technology services. With over 130 employees, and headquartered in New York City, with operational headquarters in Norman, Oklahoma. Regional offices are located in Boston, Massachusetts; Dallas, Texas; Raleigh, North Carolina; San Francisco, California; Seattle, Washington; and London, England.

Missions

Reporting to the manager of the Cross Platform Team and based in the operational headquarters you'll be a member of the Cross Platform Team working with both internal and external customers throughout the world.

Top Functions of the Position

• Managing database-related release management activities for staging and production systems

• Proactively diagnose/assess the database environment before problems arise

• Ensure the integrity and security of data from unauthorized individuals

Additional Responsibilities

• Collecting, organizing and managing data

• Oversight and control of data resources for the organization

• Deploying and maintaining resilient data replication schemes

Objectives -- Year One

• Be able to operate in our client's environments with little to no assistance, understanding their duties

• Working with our customers (web developers and computer programmers) on a daily basis

• Ongoing maintenance & administration of assigned systems

• Assistance with execution of projects related to areas of responsibility

• Identifying the needs of clients and meeting these needs through proper data research

• Developing, configuring and maintaining databases and related systems. This includes writing well-formed, efficient SQL queries, views, jobs, 

and stored procedures to collect, process relevant data

• Developing test sets for monitoring database functionality through 24x7 monitoring systems

• Optimizing database performance through database performance tuning

• Configuring and validating database backup routines on a regular basis

• Assist with recovery of lost or corrupt data

• Following direction provided by the customer, but remaining mindful and aware of the overall environment and the long-term plan for that environment

Applicants must possess:

• 3 - 6 years of MS SQL Server DBA experience or related formal database education or DBA certification

• Strong understanding of database platforms in an enterprise infrastructure with the ability to utilize database administration tools

• Ability to troubleshoot and solve database related issues in a timely manner

• Ability to follow change management and/or ITIL processes

• Ability to work from a ticketing system and provide updates to clients and team

• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills

The strongest candidates will have:

• Multiple Industry Certifications - MCITP and MCSE are most valuable; MCDBA, VPC, etc are also of interest

• Ability to meet stringent deadlines and handle multiple tasks

• Familiar with Change Management and ITIL processes

• Ability to provide timely and informative follow-up to end-users

• Ability to efficiently prioritize and organize competing work demands with little oversight

Education

B.S/B.A. Degree (In Relevant Field Preferred)

Compensation:

Based on experience