SQL Server Database Administrator

The Global Database Engineering & Operations Group within the Tradeweb Technology Platform division is responsible for the entire database estate, with provision of extremely high levels of availability for the production, test & development systems to the dealers, customers and internal Tradeweb users.

• →Monitoring database availability, identifying potential problems, proposing ways to optimize availability & scalability.
• →Working with the Infrastructure and line of business technology teams to architect and implement new technologies and strategies
• →Managing data backup and restores required for disaster recovery.
• →Installation of new servers, and upgrade of existing servers with regard to patches and new versions.
• →The provision of extremely high levels of availability for the Production systems. 
• →Resolution of any problems in these systems in a timely and professional manner.
• →Ensuring compliance with company security procedures. 
• →Automation of regular / recurring tasks
• →Participate fully in the team’s 24x5½ “follow the sun” support model with daily hand-over / hand-off calls to colleagues in U.S. / U.K. respectively, as well as occasional weekend work & scheduled on-call duties

• College degree in computer science or a related discipline, or an equivalent level of technical knowledge required.
• 8+ years of administration & development experience in MS SQL Server (2019/2022)
• 5+ years supporting a complex, large-scale, high transactional volume system to very high levels of availability 
• 5+ years of writing ad-hoc T-SQL queries and authoring/debugging stored procedures, functions and triggers
• 4+ years of using PowerShell to streamline and automate frequent/recurring tasks
• Hands-on experience of database schema and code release processes
• Experience of evaluating query performance and implementing changes/strategies to improve it 
• Experience building and supporting SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Groups
• Experience of supporting Development / QA / TechOps teams to assist with data maintenance and query building
• 4+ years supporting all types of SQL Server replication
• Experience of creating and maintaining SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) packages for data extraction, transformation & loading
• An understanding of the fixed income / derivatives / equity markets and the financial instruments that trade on them
• Experience with MS SQL Server on SAN’s
• Experience using Red Gate Monitor
• Experience using Red Gate Flyway Enterprise
• Any experience of Oracle, PostgreSQL or Cassandra highly desirable

• An understanding of the fixed income / derivatives / equity markets and the financial instruments that trade on them
• Experience with MS SQL Server on SAN’s
• Experience using Red Gate Monitor
• Experience using Red Gate Flyway Enterprise
• Any experience of Oracle, PostgreSQL or Cassandra highly desirable