Job Title:  Sr. Infrastructure Operations & Services

Company 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

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:

• 10 + relevant years of experience only in MSSQL DBA administration on Windows cluster
• Clear understanding on MSSQL Always on and availability group
• 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

Preferred Skills

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

• Experience in MSSQL and MySQL

• Experience in Infrastructure Automation Development

• Experience with monitoring systems and log management/reporting tools (e.g.Loki, Grafana, Splunk).

Diversity Statement

Nomura is committed to an employment policy of equal opportunities, and is fundamentally opposed to any less favourable treatment accorded to existing or potential members of staff on the grounds of race, creed, colour, nationality, disability, marital status, pregnancy, gender or sexual orientation.

DISCLAIMER:  This Job Description is for reference only, and whilst this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, it is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions associated with the job.  The management reserves the right to revise the job and may, at his or her discretion, assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. 

Nomura is an Equal Opportunity Employer