Role: Database Manager

Salary Open – Base + Bonus

Local Candidates Only – No Sponsorship

Company

Mid-Sized, successful, and growing Boston based global investment management company – Great Company – Lots of Upside – Excellent Compensation Package – Bonus

Position Responsibilities - Summary

Reporting to the Infrastructure Manager, the Database Manager will be in charge of both Database Support and Enterprise Data Architecture.

The Database Team is charged with managing the global database infrastructure for the firm having a strong focus with MS SQL Server based technologies.

Position Responsibilities – Detailed

. Responsible for the enterprise database landscape including: back-office data warehouses, trading systems, accounting systems, market data warehouses, research platforms and other both off-the-shelf and proprietary solutions

. Manage the firm-wide coordination and collaboration of a critical portfolio of database projects, prioritize by value-add to the firm and see through to impeccable execution of each

. Manage a global team of database administrators and architects including off-shore, on-shore and consultants

. Spearhead the development of a GDOC (Global Database Operations Center) where our systems will be continuously monitored 24×7 via 3rd party products, in-house scripts and a operational dashboard

. Manage a production environment consisting of 300+ databases, and 30 production SQL Server’s, most of which are read-intensive databases with a large data load cycle while some are OLTP-based mission critical trading systems

. Establish database development/management lifecycles in order to achieve better: performance, security, resiliency, scalability, operations, etc

. Strategize, establish and sustain strong alliances with all of the investment divisions

. Strengthen the overall market data database frameworks, develop systematic methodologies to both improve the awareness of data quality issues as well as rectify them

. Establish strategic partnerships with market data providers, database infrastructure sw/hw channels as well as 3rd party vendors of capital market applications

. Establish and enforce our database standards, best practices, methodologies, processes and procedures for every aspect encompassing the lifecycle of a database

. Improve the database release management process and ensure only quality code is release into the pristine production environment

. Research new technologies that will enable us to enhance: performance, heighten security, ensure uptime, automate common/redundant administrative duties

. Projects include: off-shoring, data-center, business continuity, monitoring, data security, SQL 2005 upgrades, performance analysis, data duplication

Required Skills and Competencies:

Mandatory Requirements

. An average of 10-15+ years total IT experience

. An average of 8-9+ years Database Systems experience spanning Architecture, Development, QA and Administration primarily with SQL Server technologies and other platforms such as Oracle, Sybase, Vertica, etc would be a plus

. Knowledge of the financial industry (capital markets) is required

Experience

. Experience in implementing and/or managing off-shore teams

. Experience in strategy development, formulating executable plans

. Experience with architecting, managing and implementing HA/DR solutions as well as establishing BCP’s

. Familiar with specialty database monitoring software and advanced monitoring techniques

. Experience in crafting management procedures for VLDB’s - 300+ GB in size

. Familiar with HF databases systems such as KX or Vertica

. Familiar with query performance analysis, improvements and troubleshooting performance degradation

. Extensive experience with SQL Server 2000/2005 including such areas of: table partitioning, mirroring, full-text management, etc

. Experience writing comprehensive and descriptive documentation

. Understanding of the database development lifecycle, including database creation, table design, etc.

. Familiar with ETL tools, primarily with SSIS 2005, Informatica, DTS, Ab Inition, etc

. Experience in the management of OLAP databases, most specifically with SSAS 2005

. Understanding of Front-End Applications and Middle-Tier Systems (.NET, COM+, etc)

. Experience with server hardware such as RAID, SAN/NAS/DAS devices

. Solid conceptual and pragmatic understanding of operating systems (e.g. Windows 2003)

. Experience with user management /security administration systems such as Active Directory

Candidate Characteristics

. Impeccable verbal, written and interpersonal skills

. Highly ambitious individuals with the desire to go above and beyond and “over-succeed”

. Detail-oriented with very strong organizational skills

. Strategic, structured, and focused thinker who has strong analytical and problem solving skills

. Highly motivated, positive and passionate about the work they do

. Strong accountability and results orientation

. Highly professional demeanor with well rounded business acumen

. Ability to work and quickly react in a fast paced environment

. Ability to effectively translate technical jargon into business terms during face to face customer interactions

. Ability to perform self and team project management (prior technical leadership roles)

. Ability to scope projects, create project plans, and manage deliverables & deadlines

. Ability to productively multi-task

Compensation

Compensation Package - Competitive Base Salary + Bonus - Comprehensive Benefits Package

No Sponsorship Available – Local Candidates Only

Contact Information

Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates

Phone - (508) 761-6354

Email - replywrightassociates@verizon.net

WEB Site – www.wrightassociates.org