System Administrator ,Associate
BlackRock
Gurugram, IndiaPosted 27 days ago
Skill Required
Query OptimizationBackup and RecoveryData WarehousingSystem Designrelated fieldSQL ServerEngineeringPostgreSQLObservabilitySnowflakeCassandrasecuritybuildingPythondesignCloudJavaPerlSQLSAPFulltime
Key highlights
- 4+ years of proven experience in Data Administration or a similar role
- Hybrid work model: 4 days in-office, 1 day remote per week
- Comprehensive benefits including healthcare, retirement plan, and Flexible Time Off (FTO)
- Global team spanning multiple regions
- Works with industry-leading database technologies (e.g., SAP Sybase, PostgreSQL, Snowflake)
- Supports mission-critical financial systems managing trillions in assets
Role overview
At BlackRock, Software Engineers innovate and solve sophisticated problems to empower millions of investors through technology, including the Aladdin investment operating system. The Database Hosting Team, part of Aladdin Engineering, ensures the reliability, stability, and performance of financial systems, managing data resiliency and integrity for global users. The role involves operational support, automation, and project-based work for database technologies, collaborating across teams to deliver high-quality service to Aladdin users worldwide.
Responsibilities
- Engineering, administration, and operations of OLTP, OLAP, data warehousing platforms, and distributed No-SQL systems.
- Collaboration with infrastructure teams, application developers, and business teams across time zones to deliver high-quality service to Aladdin users.
- Automation and development of database operational, monitoring, and maintenance toolsets to achieve scalability and efficiency.
- Database configuration management, capacity and scale management, schema releases, consistency, security, disaster recovery, and audit management.
- Managing operational incidents, conducting root-cause analysis, resolving critical issues, and mitigating future risks.
- Assessing issues for severity, troubleshooting proactively, and ensuring timely resolution of critical system issues.
- Escalating outages when necessary, collaborating with Client Technical Services and other teams, and coordinating with external vendors for support.
- Involvement in major upgrades and migration/consolidation exercises.
- Exploring and implementing new product features.
- Contributing to performance tuning and engineering activities.
- Enhancing monitoring and maintenance utilities in Perl, Python, and Java.
- Contributing to data captures to enable deeper system analysis.
Requirements
- (Outside India): B.S./M.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- (India-specific): B.E./B.Tech/MCA or another relevant engineering degree from a reputable university.
- For Associate Level: 4+ years of proven experience in Data Administration or a similar role.
- Enthusiasm for acquiring new technical skills.
- Effective communication with senior management from both IT and business areas.
- Understanding of large-scale enterprise application setups across data centers/cloud environments.
- Willingness to work weekends on DBA activities and shift hours.
- Strong background in supporting mission-critical applications and performing deep technical analysis.
- Flexibility to work with various technologies and write high-quality code.
- Passion for interactive troubleshooting, operational support, and innovation.
- Creativity and a drive to learn new technologies.
- Data-driven problem-solving skills and a desire to scale technology for future needs.
- Integrity and the highest ethical standards.
- Ability to quickly adjust to complex data and information, displaying strong learning agility.
- Self-starter with a commitment to superior performance.
- Natural curiosity and a desire to always learn.
Nice to have
- Experience with database platforms like SAP Sybase, Microsoft SQL Server, Apache Cassandra, Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL, and data warehouse platforms such as Snowflake, Greenplum.
- Exposure to public cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud.
- Knowledge of programming languages like Python, Perl, Java, Go; automation tools such as Ansible/AWX; source control systems like GIT and Azure DevOps.
- Experience with operating systems like Linux and Windows.
- Exposure to project management.
- Familiarity with Linux/Windows.
- Proficiency with shell commands (grep, find, sed, awk, ls, cp, netstat, etc.).
- Experience checking system performance metrics like CPU, memory, and disk usage on Unix/Linux.
Benefits
- A strong retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Comprehensive healthcare
- Support for working parents
- Flexible Time Off (FTO)
Additional details
- BlackRock’s hybrid work model requires employees to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities.
- Guidance on AI use for candidates: BlackRock encourages thoughtful use of AI to learn and prepare, but during interviews, candidates should showcase their own experiences, thinking, and judgment.
- BlackRock is an Equal Opportunity Employer, evaluating qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, family status, gender identity, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and other protected attributes at law.
- The Database Hosting Team is globally distributed, spanning multiple regions.
- The team provides engineering and operational support for online transaction processing, data warehousing, data replication, and distributed data processing platforms.