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XR Trading is a proprietary trading firm with employees in the Netherlands, UK and US. XR participates in a wide variety of marketplaces including global futures, equities, commodities, options, fixed income, and cryptocurrencies. Our culture emphasizes teamwork, and focuses on continuous integration and test-driven development.
Job Function & Responsibilities
- We are seeking a talented and self-motivated Senior Database Administrator to join our growing IT team
- Provide 24/7 support for firm critical databases
- Performing troubleshooting, resolution and root cause analysis for database and application specific incidents
- Perform schema design, capacity planning and change control management tasks
- Executing database baselining, benchmarking, performance analysis and tuning
- Maintaining and enhancing database maintenance routines
- Working with company technical leads and development teams to create and execute project plans in line with customer expectations and company strategic goals
- Executing database backup and recovery operations, database patching and upgrades and implementation of database security policies
- Integrating SQL systems with third-party tools and environments
- Documenting policies, processes and procedures
- Cross-training members of the organization on how to use databases effectively and efficiently
- Support other key initiatives as the business dictates
Location
- Employee must be a US citizen
- Work location in the US is generally flexible and subject to approval
Education
- Bachelor’s Degree from a 4-year university in computer science, information science or related technical field
- MCTS, MCITP, MVP certifications are a plus
Required Experience & Skills
- 5-10 years’ experience
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
- Highly organized, self-motivated, able to multi-task, able to work independently as well as a team player
- Solid project management skills; able to take a project from inception to completion
- Knowledge of database design methods and techniques
- Knowledge of database security methods and procedures
- Understanding of ETL best practices across the enterprise
- Experience in Performance Tuning, Query Optimization, using Performance Monitor, SQL Profile and other related monitoring and troubleshooting tools
- Expertise of High Availability and Disaster Recovery options for MSSQL
- Experience in implementing operational automation utilizing a coming scripting language
- Knowledge of indexes, index management and statistics
- Experience with database backup, restore and recovery models
- Exposure with Linux in conjunction with PostgreSQL and MySQL is a plus
- Experience with a programming language such as .Net, C#, C++ is preferred
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
Please note: only individuals whose qualifications match our current needs will be contacted for further screening and/or interviews. XR Trading does not hire candidates who are currently on a student visa or who now or in the future will require XR to sponsor them for employment visa. Thank you for your interest in XR Trading!
