Jacobs Levy Equity Management · 18 hours ago
SQL Server Database Administrator (DBA)
Florham Park, NJ
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expJacobs Levy Equity Management is seeking a SQL Server Database Administrator to build and manage a best in class database platform for their quantitative investment applications. The role involves managing database disaster recovery, installing and upgrading SQL Server instances, and collaborating with the development team on database design and optimization.
Financial ServicesImpact InvestingMarket Research
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
Qualification
Required
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 package/procedure/trigger/scripting development in a multi-user production environment
Ability to understand requirements and create tables, views, stored procedures, functions and also support SQL deployment to multiple environments
Experience with SQL Server High Availability configurations and disaster recovery
Preferred
Experience in C or C++ is a significant plus
Familiarity with equity market data (S&P Global, Bloomberg, LSEG/Refinitiv, FactSet, etc.) is a strong plus
Company
Jacobs Levy Equity Management
Jacobs Levy Equity Management is an investment company that offers equity and investment research services.
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Bruce I. Jacobs
Principal, Co-Founder, Co-chief Investment Officer, Portfolio Manager, and Co-director of Research
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