DatabaseAdministrator

Stevens Capital Management LP (SCM) is committed to a workplace that values and promotes diversity, inclusion and equal employment opportunity by ensuring that all employees are valued, heard, engaged and involved at work and have full opportunities to collaborate, contribute and grow professionally. We are seeking a highly motivated and intellectually curious Database Administrator to join a research and trading development team responsible for developing and deploying leading edge mission critical financial trading applications. You will join in the management of proprietary and Sybase database systems to that facilitate management of large scale time series databases. As this environment continues to grow we seek a Database Administrator to work on all aspects of our database, from high performance online transaction processing (2000tps) to data warehousing (250G+ servers) issues. This is a fast-paced/demanding environment. The user base consists of 20 technical and 20 non-technical users. SCM's selective hiring process considers only highly talented individuals with a history of exceptional professional and academic achievement, and solid real-world experience. Primary Responsibilities: Administer, maintain, monitor, and optimize database systems to ensure performance, availability, and reliability. Design and support relational database structures using sound database design principles and best practices. Perform database backup, restore, disaster recovery planning, and recovery operations. Conduct capacity planning and proactively manage storage growth and infrastructure needs. Monitor and tune database and server performance to maximize efficiency and system responsiveness. Manage database security, including user administration, permissions, and access controls. Troubleshoot database issues and perform root-cause analysis for incidents and performance bottlenecks. Develop and maintain scripts and automation tools for administration and monitoring tasks. Supp