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The Voleon Group

Applying statistical machine learning to investment management.

Database Administrator, DBA

Database AdministratorDatabase AdministratorFull TimeRemoteSeniorTeam 201-500Since 2007Company SiteLinkedIn

Location

California + 1 moreAll locations: California | New York

Posted

5 days ago

Salary

$155K - $195K / year

Seniority

Senior

Job Description

Database Administrator, DBA

The Voleon Group

• Administer, monitor, and maintain relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Oracle) in production and development environments • Perform routine DB operations such as backup and recovery, schema changes, patching, upgrades, and security hardening • Support incident response, root cause analysis, and recovery for database-related issues • Automation, configuration management, modernization • Monitoring and analysis • Work collaboratively with systems and infrastructure teams to understand storage, OS, and networking components that influence database performance and reliability • Leverage basic Linux command-line and systems knowledge to troubleshoot and improve DB processes

Job Requirements

  • Strong hands-on experience with at least one of PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Oracle (PostgreSQL strongly preferred)
  • Solid grasp of daily DBA operational tasks, including backups, replication, security, user management, and logging
  • At minimum, basic experience with performance tuning; medium level strongly preferred
  • Basic knowledge of Linux systems, including filesystem layout, memory/disk utilization, and OS-level tools
  • Experience with configuration management (Ansible) and other automation/deployment tools
  • Experience with both On-Prem and Cloud configuration
  • Experience with database specific Monitoring

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Life and AD&D insurance
  • 20 days of paid time off
  • 9 sick days
  • 401(k) plan with a company match

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