Cloud Database Administrator
FNZ is a global wealth management platform provider.
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About FNZ
FNZ describes itself as 'wealth's growth platform', providing a global, end-to-end wealth management platform that integrates modern technology, business operations, and investment operations within a regulated financial institution connected to a universe of investment products. The company serves banks, wealth managers, insurance companies, and asset managers, with over US$2.5 trillion in assets on platform and nearly 30 million end investors served through its clients. Its offerings span wealth management platforms, advisor tools and productivity solutions, asset management distribution, and trade and post-trade securities services, along with a data platform combining an Operational Data Store, Analytical Data Warehouse, and Aggregated Data Warehouse to power analytics, machine learning, and generative AI insights. FNZ has notable clients including Santander, Colonial First State (CFS), Vanguard, Aviva, and Swedbank, and in 2025 announced a global five-year strategic partnership with Microsoft to integrate Azure AI Foundry, Microsoft Fabric, GitHub Copilot, and Microsoft 365 Copilot across its platform and operations. FNZ is backed by major institutional shareholders including Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), CPP Investments, Generation Investment Management, and Motive Partners.
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About the Role
You will build, maintain, and monitor SQL Server and PostgreSQL databases hosted in Azure and AWS. You will automate database builds and maintenance, optimise performance, manage backups and disaster recovery, enforce access controls, and resolve incidents. You will also participate in on-call support and audit-related security and risk activities.
Requirements
- At least 1 year of database administrator experience in Azure or AWS environments
- Experience with Microsoft SQL Server or PostgreSQL database design and optimisation
- Ability or strong interest in high-availability and mission-critical environments
- Self-management and time-management skills
- Ability to participate in an on-call roster and work outside normal business hours
- Problem-solving and multitasking skills
- Microsoft Fabric or Power BI experience is desirable
- Cloud cost optimisation and capacity-planning familiarity is desirable
Responsibilities
- Maintain and monitor Azure and AWS database services
- Troubleshoot database issues and optimise queries to meet performance SLAs
- Implement and manage backups, failover solutions, and disaster recovery plans
- Enforce security protocols and manage access controls
- Build and run pipelines that automate database builds and maintenance
- Support database builds and project delivery
- Participate in an on-call support roster
- Manage incidents, problems, and changes through the ticketing system
- Support risk management, information security initiatives, and audits
- Manage escalations to appropriate stakeholders