Junior Platform Specialist

Job summary

The Database Administrator will be part of a global systems team responsible for delivering highly available, high-performance, and scalable infrastructure to support trading and research. This role involves collaborating with internal teams to design, deploy, and support cross-platform database solutions.

Job details

Position Overview: Platform Applications Specialists at Squarepoint play an important technical role in delivering mission-critical platform infrastructure using the DevOps methodology. In this position, you will have the opportunity to work with internal and external stakeholders on building and maintaining automated platform solutions and services used across the firm. You will also be responsible for designing, monitoring, and platform infrastructure, and automating everyday tasks with scripting and configuration management tools. If you’re looking for a challenging, fast-paced role where you can grow and learn from your peers, we encourage you to apply. Required Qualifications: * Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or similar discipline, * Up to 4 years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering roles, * Experience with Python, git, Bash and Linux, * Excellent written and verbal communication skills, * Ability to work well in a fast-paced environment, * Eagerness to continuously learn new technologies and develop with us. Nice to have: * Experience with modern software development tooling, such as Gitlab, Artifactory or Docker, * Experience with infrastructure automation and configuration management, such as Ansible and Terraform, * Experience with HPC and orchestration technologies, such as Slurm or Kubernetes, * Experience with Databases and Observability systems, such as Elasticsearch, Datadog, Prometheus, PostgreSQL.

What you’ll do

The Database Administrator will be part of a global systems team responsible for delivering highly available, high-performance, and scalable infrastructure to support trading and research. This role involves collaborating with internal teams to design, deploy, and support cross-platform database solutions.

Requirements

Candidates must have at least 2 years of database administration experience and knowledge of high availability, backup, and disaster recovery solutions. Familiarity with Linux systems administration and programming languages such as Python, Ruby, or Perl is also required.

Listed skills

• Problem solving · Preferred
• PostgreSQL · Preferred
• Ruby · Preferred
• Python · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Database Administration
• PostgreSQL
• Clickhouse
• FoundationDb
• High Availability
• Backup Solutions
• Disaster Recovery
• Linux Systems Administration
• Python
• Ruby
• Perl
• Source Control
• Project Life Cycle Ownership
• Communication Skills
• Critical Thinking
• Problem Solving