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Database Administrator

Point72 is a leading global alternative investment firm seeking an experienced Database Administrator to design, optimize, secure, and operate high-scale database environments across SQL, NoSQL, and cloud-native platforms. The ideal candidate will bring deep database engineering, performance tuning, automation, and SRE skills to support mission-critical systems and collaborate closely with development, DevOps, infrastructure, and security teams.

Skills

  • Deep expertise in MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Oracle, and MySQL.
  • Strong experience with public cloud databases: AWS RDS, Aurora, Snowflake, MongoDB Atlas.
  • Proven automation and SRE experience using Python, Java, and scripting.
  • Hands-on knowledge of DevOps tooling: Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins for CI/CD and infra automation.
  • Experience with data modeling, ETL processes, and large-scale database architecture.
  • Familiarity with big data technologies such as Hadoop and Spark.
  • Advanced performance tuning, monitoring, and disaster recovery skills.
  • Strong communication, collaboration, and analytical problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

  • Lead design, implementation, and evolution of scalable, available, and secure database architectures across SQL, NoSQL, and cloud-native platforms.
  • Translate business requirements into robust database solutions aligned with enterprise data strategy.
  • Perform in-depth performance analysis, query profiling, execution-plan tuning, and indexing strategies.
  • Identify and remediate bottlenecks; recommend architectural enhancements for high-throughput, low-latency systems.
  • Design and enforce database security: access controls, encryption standards, auditing, and vulnerability remediation.
  • Implement monitoring, observability, and alerting to detect anomalies and drive rapid incident resolution.
  • Develop automation frameworks for deployments, schema changes, patching, backups, and disaster recovery using IaC and orchestration.
  • Collaborate with software, DevOps, infrastructure, and security teams on integration, data modeling, and performance improvements.
  • Maintain comprehensive documentation of configurations, processes, metrics, and recovery procedures.

Education

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.

Benefits

  • Fully-paid health care benefits
  • Generous parental and family leave policies
  • Volunteer opportunities and employee affinity groups
  • Mental and physical wellness programs
  • Tuition assistance
  • 401(k) savings program with employer match
  • Discretionary bonus compensation and comprehensive benefits package
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To be the industry’s premier asset management firm through delivering superior risk-adjusted returns, adhering to the highest ethical standards and offering the greatest opportunities to the industry’s brightest talent.

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DATE POSTED
October 1, 2025
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