Are you a seasoned Database Engineer ready to bring your deep technical expertise to the cutting edge of quantitative finance? A global, leading systematic investment manager is seeking a hands-on production expert to ensure the resilience, performance, and security of our core trading and research infrastructure.
Our client is a technology and data-driven group, implementing a scientific approach to investing, and we are looking for a DBA who thrives in complex, high-pressure environments and views low-latency performance optimization as a personal challenge.
The Challenge & The Impact
As a key member of the global DB team, you will be instrumental in supporting mission-critical systems that drive daily trading decisions across all liquid asset classes worldwide. This is not a typical maintenance role—you will be designing the future of our data architecture and ensuring absolute operational excellence.
What You Will Do:
- Own the Production Stack: Administer, secure, and ensure maximum uptime for our critical, on-premise SQL Server and PostgreSQL environments running on Linux.
- Performance Mastery: Dive deep into database internals and Linux Kernel tuning to achieve bleeding-edge performance and sub-millisecond query responses.
- System Design: Enable business transformation by translating complex quantitative research and trading requirements into robust, scalable database solutions.
- High Availability: Architect and manage advanced solutions for Always-On/High Availability, Disaster Recovery, and Capacity Planning .
- Automate Everything: Utilize your scripting expertise (Shell/Python/PowerShell) to manage configurations, security, monitoring, and streamline administrative tasks.
What You Bring
- 5+ years of dedicated experience in production database administration within a demanding, high-volume environment.
- Essential Expertise: Proven mastery in at least two of the following platforms, with a strong preference for SQL Server and PostgreSQL : SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and Oracle.
- Operational Depth: must have deep on-premise administration experience on Linux.
- Optimization Guru: Expertise in DB monitoring, analysis, and advanced performance tuning techniques (e.g., query optimization, indexing strategies).
- Experience with database programming (T-SQL, PSQL) and familiarity with BI tools (SSIS, SSRS, SSAS) is a plus.
- A proactive, organized team player with excellent time management skills and a proven ability to work under pressure.
Note on Oracle Experience: Candidates with strong Oracle backgrounds are welcome, provided you are enthusiastic and committed to rapidly mastering PostgreSQL and SQL Server, the primary platforms.
Why Apply?
Our client offers a culture of innovation, collaboration, and high performance. Join a company where combining data, research, and technology is essential to solving the most complex challenges in finance.
- Relocation Support: Our client offers comprehensive assistance to help you and your family relocate to Hong Kong.
- Cutting-Edge Technology: Work daily with the latest tools and challenges that define the future of finance.
- Work-Life Balance: Our client offers robust programs to help employees achieve a healthy, sustainable work-life balance alongside professional achievement.
If this outstanding opportunity sounds like your next career move, please submit through "Apply Now" or send your resume in Word format to Ann Wong at resume.all@pinpointasia.com and put Senior Production Database Engineer (SQL/PostgreSQL) - Quant Finance Firm - J12317 in the subject header.
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