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SQL Server Database Developer

  • Location: Houston, 77002
  • Salary: US$50 - US$60.00 per hour per hour
  • Job Type:Contract

Posted over 1 year ago

  • Sector: Technology
  • Contact: Sydney Louchard
  • Duration: 6 months
  • Expiry Date: 03 November 2022
  • Job Ref: JN -082022-473460

***Candidates must be eligible to permanently work in the US. This position is a contract position with the possibility to go perm.***

We are seeking a Senior SQL Server Database Developer with Database Administration experience for maintaining and managing multiple databases supporting complex enterprise applications, across production and non-production environments. Further this position will be part of a team which is responsible for providing architectural vision and design, driving efficiency efforts and operational improvements of performance, integrity and security of critical database implementations to meet business needs.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop and implement CI & CD processes with database configuration, deployments and updates.
  • Ensure that effective monitoring and management systems are in place for overall database health, performance KPIs and statistics.
  • Monitor all databases for health, responding to monitoring KPIs before performance is critically degraded or outages occur.
  • Log application issues that degrade performance, escalate and work with development teams to address application bugs.
  • Work with development and testing teams to define and continually improve approaches for building data required for development and testing.
  • Ensure that security practices for Database Servers, access controls and permissions are defined and in place.
  • Ensure that sensitive data is protected and secured according to company controls and policies.
  • Collaborate and understand database requirements for upcoming development team projects.
  • Develop, monitor and maintain database deployment, update and configuration scripts.
  • Support development as needed with deployments, configuration and/or script development.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, a related field, or equivalent database administration experience
  • 10+ years of proven track record in database administration including mastery of Microsoft SQL Server, SQL, ETL processes and tools, stored procedures and functions.
  • Advanced skills in managing MS SQL Server instances used with SSIS, SSAS and SSRS.
  • Proven experience with scripting languages including T-SQL and PowerShell, query and index tuning, relational database security design concepts, reporting systems, and data modeling.
  • Act as a reference point for others on database schema design, SQL coding and related tools.
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills to recommend technical processes, explain technical procedures, and negotiate resolution of work issues.
  • Proven ability to work independently to coordinate and solve moderately complex technical data management issues.
  • Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.

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