The Senior Database Engineer primarily responsible for the design, build out, performance and management of the data systems and technologies that drive Acadian’s investment research process. As a member of the Database Operations Team the Engineer will report to the manager of Database Operations and will work with the DBA team to provide technical expertise and guidance to the Investment Research Development staff. Our current data environment is primarily MS SQL Server run on premises. Candidates will play a critical role in evaluating, piloting and migrating to alternative data stores that may be more appropriate based on the latency, parallelization and isolation demands of a variety of critical use cases. Experience with cloud native database technologies is required, Amazon Web Services is preferred. Experience with relational database design is a plus.
A successful candidate is a motivated self-starter with an aptitude for learning new skills and environments quickly while multi-tasking on more than one deliverable.
Responsibilities:
- Work closely with Investment Research Development teams to ensure that database design and code is optimized, scalable, and meets standards regardless of platform
- Evaluate new technologies and implement enhancements to existing platforms
- Efficiently and effectively troubleshoot problems in all environments as they arise
- Identify and correct bottlenecksReview developer database code and work with developers to implement suggested enhancements Occasional on-call responsibilities of mission critical systems
- Contribute directly on data preparation and ETL workflows.
Qualifications: - Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical field is preferred
- Experience designing and implementing cloud native relational and non-relational database technologies (Aurora, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Hadoop, SPARK, etc.)
- Software development or scripting experience (PowerShell, python, C#, node.js, etc.)
- Experience working with High Performance Computing supporting Machine Learning
- Experience with traditional RDBMS platforms such as MS SQL ServerKnowledge of Windows Server 2012/2016, Linux platforms
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