The Voleon Group

Database Administrator (DBA)

The Voleon Group$100K — $130K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of hands-on experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Oracle (PostgreSQL preferred)
  • Solid understanding of DBA operational tasks like backups and user management
  • Basic to medium experience in performance tuning
  • Basic Linux systems knowledge including filesystem and OS-level tools
  • Experience with Ansible for configuration management and automation
  • Familiarity with both On-Prem and Cloud database configurations
  • Experience with database-specific monitoring tools

Responsibilities

  • Administer and maintain relational databases in production and development environments
  • Perform routine operations like backups, schema changes, and security hardening
  • Support incident response and root cause analysis for database issues
  • Contribute to automation and modernization efforts
  • Monitor database performance and conduct analysis
  • Collaborate with systems and infrastructure teams for optimal database reliability
  • Use Linux command-line knowledge to troubleshoot DB processes

Benefits

  • Potential to earn up to $7,500 through the Friends of Voleon candidate referral program
  • Opportunities for skill development in cloud and automation technologies
  • Collaborative work environment with infrastructure teams
  • Exposure to advanced database technologies and modern data formats
  • Support for continuous learning and professional growth
Full Job Description
Your Team

We are seeking a skilled Database Administrator (DBA) to help manage and support our database systems as a core part of our infrastructure team.

You will take ownership of the day-to-day operations, availability, backups and performance of production and development database environments, while also contributing to automation, tuning, and modernization efforts.

This role involves working closely with systems infrastructure and storage components, and will require hands-on management of both software and the underlying hardware that supports the database environment.

This is a hands-on role for someone with strong expertise in at least one major relational database (PostgreSQL), preferably with additional experience with one or more of (MySQL, Oracle or SQLserver) and a desire to grow into broader technical domains.

Responsibilities
  • Administer, monitor, and maintain relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Oracle) in production and development environments
  • Perform routine DB operations such as backup and recovery, schema changes, patching, upgrades, and security hardening
  • Support incident response, root cause analysis, and recovery for database-related issues
  • Automation, configuration management, modernization
  • Monitoring and analysis
  • Work collaboratively with systems and infrastructure teams to understand storage, OS, and networking components that influence database performance and reliability
  • Leverage basic Linux command-line and systems knowledge to troubleshoot and improve DB processes


Requirements
  • Strong hands-on experience with at least one of PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Oracle (PostgreSQL strongly preferred)
  • Solid grasp of daily DBA operational tasks, including backups, replication, security, user management, and logging
  • At minimum, basic experience with performance tuning; medium level strongly preferred
  • Basic knowledge of Linux systems, including filesystem layout, memory/disk utilization, and OS-level tools
  • Experience with configuration management (Ansible) and other automation/deployment tools
  • Experience with both On-Prem and Cloud configuration
  • Experience with database specific Monitoring


Preferred Qualifications
  • Exposure to containerized environments (Docker, Podman, Kubernetes) for running database workloads
  • Familiarity with Ceph RBD as a backend for database storage or similar distributed storage systems
  • Understanding of modern big data formats or engines like Hadoop, Parquet, RocksDB
  • Linux networking fundamentals (troubleshooting connections, ports, interfaces)
  • Experience with cloud-based DB offerings (e.g., AWS RDS, Azure Database, GCP Cloud SQL)
  • Familiarity with application development or scripting in BASH, Java or Python, particularly for automating databases install/configuration
  • Experience with general Monitoring and Alerting


"Friends of Voleon" Candidate Referral Program

If you have a great candidate in mind for this role and would like to have the potential to earn $7,500 if your referred candidate is successfully hired and employed by The Voleon Group, please use this form to submit your referral. For more details regarding eligibility, terms and conditions please make sure to review the Voleon Referral Bonus Program.

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About The Voleon Group

The Voleon Group is a quantitative investment management firm that uses advanced mathematical and statistical techniques to identify and exploit market inefficiencies. The company was founded in 2007 by Michael Kharitonov and Jon McAuliffe and is based in San Francisco, California. Voleon's investment strategies are based on machine learning and artificial intelligence, and the company has a team of over 200 researchers and engineers working to develop and improve its algorithms. Voleon manages several funds, including a long/short equity fund and a futures fund, and has a strong track record of performance. The company is known for its rigorous approach to research and its commitment to transparency and ethical behavior.
Learn more about The Voleon Group
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200 employees
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Founded
2007

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