Database Administrator (DBA)

Fluent Trade Technologies is a global fintech software firm at the forefront of providing state-of-the-art technology to the world's largest global banks and hedge funds. Specializing in ultra low-latency strategy and market data solutions, Fluent is committed to delivering cutting-edge innovations to the Financial Industry. With a prominent Israeli R&D center in Jerusalem and development centers in Ukraine's Kharkiv and Dnipro, Fluent is a dynamic and collaborative environment.

Learn more about us at www.fluenttech.net.

DBA

We are looking for an experienced MySQL DBA, who can cover both database maintenance, failover, optimization etc, as well as help with SQL/Stored procedures optimization.

Responsibilities:

• Be a part of rapid development cycles to deliver high-quality products
• Hands-on Development of infrastructure and maintenance
• Be responsible for All databases in the organization, including development DBs, Staging DBs and Production DBs
• Cover Admin aspects like: Security, Failover/replication, Optimization etc.
• Cover Design aspects like: table structure, indexing, query / stored procedures design etc.
• Incorporate products, work procedures, best practices and architecture
• Going over specifications documents thoroughly to find special cases and scenarios
• Cooperate with dev, QA and devops teams
• Becoming the house expert on Database.
• Train developers and QA on .

Desired Skills & Experience

• 5 years experience as DBA, at least 3 of them as MySQL DBA
• Hands-on experience with DBA failover, security, optimization, backup etc.
• Hands-on experience with DB design, testing and maintenance
• Self-managed, can work as a single DBA in the organization
• Experience with a scripting language - Python, Bash.
• Issue resolution abilities and good analysis to root cause detection
• Mandatory -- good English, both written and spoken

Advantage

• Developed in C++, specifically calling mysql from it
• Financial background: FIX protocol, FX trading,
• Experience with Jira, SVN, Jenkins