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This role offers the opportunity to influence both infrastructure stability and application performance within a dynamic, data-driven organization.\r\nKey ResponsibilitiesManage database Disaster Recovery (DR) and High Availability (HA) configurations to ensure continuous access and data integrity across financial data, portfolios, and trading systems\r\nInstall, upgrade, and maintain SQL Server instances across development, QA, and production environments\r\nDesign and develop robust quantitative investment applications, system interfaces, databases, and reporting solutions\r\nPerform advanced data analysis, query optimization, database tuning, and reliability assessments to enhance system performance\r\nProactively monitor database systems to ensure security, high-availability, and operational resilience\r\nCollaborate with development teams on database schema design, index tuning, and SQL query optimization following industry best practices\r\nManage deployment and release of database changes across multiple environments with controlled change management\r\nApply security patches and updates according to maintenance schedules to safeguard data integrity and compliance\r\nOversee data workflows, including data ingestion, processing, and monitoring, to maintain seamless operations\r\nCore Qualifications & RequirementsMaster's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field\r\nMinimum of 5 years of SQL Server Database Administration experience in a production environment\r\nAt least 5 years of SQL development experience including stored procedures, packaged queries, triggers, views, and scripting in multi-user environments\r\nHands-on experience with SQL Server High Availability (Always On Availability Groups, Failover Clustering) and disaster recovery planning\r\nAbility to translate business requirements into database schema, stored procedures, views, and functions\r\nProficiency in performance tuning, data analysis, and query optimization techniques\r\nExperience with C, C++, or related programming languages is a significant plus\r\nFamiliarity with institutional market data platforms such as Bloomberg, FactSet, S&P Global, or similar is highly desirable\r\nNice-to-Have QualificationsExperience with financial data platforms and market data integration\r\nCore Technical SkillsSQL Server (2016, 2017, 2019, or later)\r\nSQL Server High Availability (Always On, Clustering) and Disaster Recovery (DR)\r\nSQL development (stored procedures, triggers, views, functions, scripting)\r\nDatabase performance tuning and optimization\r\nData workflows, ETL processes, and data pipelines\r\nMonitoring and security patching\r\nProgramming languages: C, C++ (preferred)\r\nFamiliarity with enterprise data platforms (Bloomberg, FactSet, S&P Global)\r\nThe Phoenix Group Advisors is an equal opportunity employer. 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