Hiring Lead Database Manager/ ITO Manager - Houston, TX for a Start up Hedge Fund

Lead Database Developer/IT Manager

Company is a start-up innovative fundamentals based natural gas energy derivatives hedge fund.  Tremendous opportunity for growth. 

The position will report to the CEO and will have expertise in database management, mining programming skills and develop and support reporting and data collection processes.  Additionally, the position will provide general IT support of the current systems with abilities to quickly troubleshoot issues and either repair or procure assistance to repair the problem. 

Responsibilities

Primary:

·         Effectively participate with the CEO and Portfolio manager in the design & development of new, and improvement of existing, natural gas market models/frameworks that automatically retrieve, organize, store, analyze and present fundamentals data impacting natural gas prices, with emphasis on improving presentation and delivery. 

·         Program & Manage Databases:  demonstrable expertise in database management, including programming skills with Python and SQL

·         Construct New or Improve Existing Models:  experience developing models to assess North American natural gas production, imports, exports, demand and regional pricing

·         Accountability for maintaining the CEO’s model of assimilating voluminous data into consistently accurate price directional, trade actionable information and commercial recommendations thru effective written, verbal and graphic communications on a real-time intraday, as well as up to date daily, weekly, monthly, seasonal and annual basis depending on the frequency of the data.

·         Design, analyze code, optimize and maintain all databases, tables, stored procedures, indexes, triggers, data extraction, transformation, and validation as well as other processes as required.

·         Provide advice and guidance on database good practices.

·         Provide input on systems architecture as required.

·         Follow all security practices and identify areas and processes where performance and security can be improved.

·         Make and justify recommendations for improvement.

·         Continuously tune and optimize SQL Server databases. Ensure that code and other deliverables adhere to company standards.

Secondary IT support function:

·         Communicate with service providers and help desk support for:

o   Internet outages

o   Email support

o   Hardware issues

o   Data support

·         Check daily database tasks and processes

·         Check daily custom processes and downloads.  Fix any missed or broken loads.

·         Desktop & Server support

Skills

• 2 years experience with excellent references
• SQL Server Database Administration

·         Windows Server Administration

·         T-SQL Programming

·         .Net Programming

·         Python

·         Microsoft Office Tools

·         Office 365 Administration

·         Strong written and verbal communication skills

Additional skill sets a plus:

·         Masters degree in computer science economics, engineering, mathematics or other quantitative field.

·         Experience in the energy or financial industry in a role directly supporting energy traders’ formulation of price directional trade tactics

Contact

Ramesh Anand,

President

American Personnel Resources LLC

EMail: ramesh@aprllc.com

Cell: 832-731-6133