Senior Database Developer

Designs, develops and modifies software applications, components and databases; supports and/or installs software applications and components; works from written specifications and pre-established guidelines to perform the functions of the role. Provides subject matter expertise and technical leadership; leads complex development tasks / projects to successful completion.

Responsibilities

• Utilize established development tools, guidelines and coding conventions to develop high-performance backend databases for world-class software applications
• Develop and maintain the database stored procedures, objects, views and functions for all software applications
• Ensure all database systems meet business and performance requirements
• Act as a technical reference / subject matter expert in all areas of the application & database development life-cycle
• Contribute to the high-performance of the agile-development lifecycle by ensuring productive, consistent and successful sprints by working to reduce blocking issues for the team
• Maintain existing software & database systems by identifying and correcting software defects
• Coach and develop team members to increase the team s bench strength and flexibility
• Participate in regular design and code reviews with development team members to confirm use of best practices
• Translate business requirements into applications by implementing the best strategy to ensure design meets performance, usability, reliability, and scalability standards
• Translate complex functional and technical requirements into detailed development tasks
• Estimate the duration of design, development, and testing tasks
• Create new and extend existing operational documentation based on industry best practices and established international standards of software development
• Prioritize and organize development tasks in order to contribute to meeting project and product development goals on-time and on-budget
• Author detailed documentation for source code created
• Understand and evaluate new technologies, develop skills in new technologies
• Complete special projects and assignments as assigned
• Required

Skills

• Solid hands on experience in the following languages/tools/environments: Relational Databases PL/SQL ETL Integration Services Reporting Service Analysis Service Experience in eLearning applications
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Team-player that is positive, proactive and a motivated self-starter
• Knowledge and experience with build and release management
• Experience in quality assurance processes / tools
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Excellent leadership, team building and relationship management skills
• Excellent time management skills
• Qualifications and

Experience

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent. Minimum of 5 years software development experience.

Experience