Senior SQL Server DBA for Finance - Impact & Reliability

The Phoenix Group; Florham Park (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Phoenix Group is seeking an experienced SQL Server Database Administrator with strong development skills to manage critical database infrastructure and support quantitative investment applications impacting portfolio management, trading, and data analytics.

You will maintain high-availability SQL Server environments, implement DR/HA, optimize queries, and collaborate with development teams to deliver robust data solutions.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of SQL Server Database Administration experience in a production environment.
• At least 5 years of SQL development experience including stored procedures, packaged queries, triggers, views, and scripting in multi-user environments.
• Hands-on experience with SQL Server High Availability (Always On Availability Groups, Failover Clustering) and disaster recovery planning.
• Ability to translate business requirements into database schema, stored procedures, views, and functions.
• Proficiency in performance tuning, data analysis, and query optimization techniques.
• Experience with C, C++, or related programming languages is a significant plus.
• Familiarity with institutional market data platforms such as Bloomberg, FactSet, S&P Global, or similar is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Manage database Disaster Recovery (DR) and High Availability (HA) configurations to ensure continuous access and data integrity across financial data, portfolios, and trading systems
• Install, upgrade, and maintain SQL Server instances across development, QA, and production environments
• Design and develop robust quantitative investment applications, system interfaces, databases, and reporting solutions
• Perform advanced data analysis, query optimization, database tuning, and reliability assessments to enhance system performance
• Proactively monitor database systems to ensure security, high-availability, and operational resilience
• Collaborate with development teams on database schema design, index tuning, and SQL query optimization following industry best practices
• Manage deployment and release of database changes across multiple environments with controlled change management
• Apply security patches and updates according to maintenance schedules to safeguard data integrity and compliance
• Oversee data workflows, including data ingestion, processing, and monitoring, to maintain seamless operations

Skills

SQL Server DBA

HA/DR

Performance tuning

Data analysis

C/C++

Education

Master's degree in CS/IT or related field

Tools

Always On Availability Groups

Failover Clustering

Bloomberg

FactSet

S&P Global

Job description

The Phoenix Group is seeking an experienced SQL Server Database Administrator with strong development skills to manage critical database infrastructure and support quantitative investment applications impacting portfolio management, trading, and data analytics.

You will maintain high-availability SQL Server environments, implement DR/HA, optimize queries, and collaborate with development teams to deliver robust data solutions.