Job Title:  Lead Support Analyst

Overview:
 
Nomura is a global financial services group with an integrated network spanning approximately 30 countries and regions. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its three business divisions: Wealth Management, Investment Management, and Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking). Founded in 1925, the firm is built on a tradition of disciplined entrepreneurship, serving clients with creative solutions and considered thought leadership. For further information about Nomura, visit www.nomura.com
 
Nomura Services India, (Powai) supports Nomura’s businesses around the world. Powai’ s world class capabilities in trading support, research, information technology, financial control, operations, risk management and legal support have played a key role in facilitating Nomura’s global operations and are an integral part of Nomura’s global expansion plans. The Powai operation is a critical part of the platform to support the growth of Nomura’s global business.

Functional Role: Database administrator

Job Responsibilities:

• Engineer and automate various database platforms and services.
• Assist in the ongoing process of rationalizing the technology and usage of databases.
• Participate in the creation and implementation of operational policies, procedures & documentation.
• Database Administration and Production support for databases hosted on private cloud across all regions.
• Database version Upgrades and Security patching.
• Performance Tuning.
• Database replication administration.
• Collaborate with development teams and utilize coding skills to design and implement database solutions for new and existing applications.
• Willing to work in the weekend and non-office hours as part of wider scheduled support group.
• Willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies and methodologies.

Required Skills

Mandatory

The candidate must have the following skills and experience:

• At least 8 years of experience in MSSQL
• At least 5 years of experience in Sybase ASE
• Proven ability to navigate Linux operating systems and utilize command-line tools proficiently.
• Clear understanding on MSSQL availability group
• Exposure in scripting languages like Python and automation tools like Ansible.
• Have a proven effective and efficient troubleshooting skill set.
• Ability to cope well under pressure.
• Strong Organization Skills and Practical Sense
• Quick and Eager to Learn and explore both Technical and Semi-Technical work types
• Engineering Mindset

Preferred Skills

Experience / Knowledge of the following will be added advantage (but not mandatory):

• Experience in MySQL and Oracle
• Experience in Infrastructure Automation Development
• Experience with monitoring systems and log management/reporting tools (e.g.Loki, Grafana, Splunk).

Equal Opportunity Employer:
 
Nomura is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing equal opportunities throughout employment including in the recruitment, training and development of employees (including promotion, transfers, assignments and beliefs). We prohibit discrimination in the workplace whether on grounds of gender, marital or domestic partnership status, pregnancy, career’s responsibilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, color, national or ethnic origins, religious belief, disability or age. Our objective is to attract job applications and applications for development from the best possible candidates and to retain the best people.