[Remote] Database Administrator (DBA)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Voleon is a technology company that applies state-of-the-art AI and machine learning techniques to real-world problems in finance. They are seeking a skilled Database Administrator (DBA) to manage and support their database systems, ensuring day-to-day operations, availability, backups, and performance of production and development environments.ResponsibilitiesAdminister, monitor, and maintain relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Oracle) in production and development environmentsPerform routine DB operations such as backup and recovery, schema changes, patching, upgrades, and security hardeningSupport incident response, root cause analysis, and recovery for database-related issuesAutomation, configuration management, modernizationMonitoring and analysisWork collaboratively with systems and infrastructure teams to understand storage, OS, and networking components that influence database performance and reliabilityLeverage basic Linux command-line and systems knowledge to troubleshoot and improve DB processesSkillsStrong 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 loggingAt minimum, basic experience with performance tuning; medium level strongly preferredBasic knowledge of Linux systems, including filesystem layout, memory/disk utilization, and OS-level toolsExperience with configuration management (Ansible) and other automation/deployment toolsExperience with both On-Prem and Cloud configurationExperience with database specific MonitoringExposure to containerized environments (Docker, Podman, Kubernetes) for running database workloadsFamiliarity with Ceph RBD as a backend for database storage or similar distributed storage systemsUnderstanding of modern big data formats or engines like Hadoop, Parquet, RocksDBLinux 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/configurationExperience with general Monitoring and AlertingBenefitsHighly competitive compensation and benefits packagesTechnology talks by our expertsA beautiful modern officeDaily catered lunchesCompany OverviewThe Voleon Group is a family of companies committed to the development & deployment of cutting-edge technologies in investment management. It was founded in 2008, and is headquartered in Berkeley, California, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is http://voleon.com/.Company H1B SponsorshipThe Voleon Group has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 2 in 2025, 2 in 2024, 3 in 2023, 4 in 2022, 1 in 2021, 1 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.