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SQL Server Database Administrator; DBA
Job in
Florham Park, Morris County, New Jersey, 07932, USA
Listed on 2026-02-16
Listing for:
Jacobs Levy Equity Management
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-02-16
Job specializations:
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IT/Tech
Database Administrator, Data Engineer, IT Consultant
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Jacobs Levy, located in Florham Park, NJ, is seeking a SQL Server Database Administrator. We are looking for a highly motivated and talented DBA to build and manage a best in class database platform for our quantitative investment applications. The candidate will be a database developer and also participate in other application development efforts.
Responsibilities- Manage database Disaster Recovery and High Availability for quantitative financial data, portfolio management, and trading databases
- Install and upgrade the SQL Server database instances in all environments including but not limited to development, QA and Production
- Design and develop quantitative investment applications, system interfaces, databases, and reporting as required to deliver new systems functionality
- Perform data analysis, SQL optimization, database tuning, and general database reliability analysis
- Proactively monitor the database systems to ensure secure operations with minimum downtime
- Collaborate with the development team throughout the system lifecycle, providing guidance on table design, index optimization, and SQL query best practices
- Responsible for implementation and release of database changes as submitted by the development team
- Apply security patches in accordance with approved maintenance schedules
- Oversee data processing workflows and ensure proper monitoring
- Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field
- Proven 5+ years of SQL Server Database Administration experience
- 5+ years of SQL development experience including package/procedure/trigger/scripting development in a multi-user production environment
- Ability to understand requirements and create tables, views, stored procedures, functions and also support SQL deployment to multiple environments
- Experience with SQL Server High Availability configurations and disaster recovery
- Experience in C or C++ is a significant plus
- Familiarity with equity market data (S&P Global, Bloomberg, LSEG/Refinitiv, Fact Set, etc.) is a strong plus
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