Senior Database Engineer

Job Description

Analyzes complex information, designs, develops and troubleshoots database applications.

Responsibilities

• Reviews functional requirements and prepares and documents technical program, subsystem and system designs and solutions, and their associated project task descriptions and effort estimates.
• Uses both industry-standards and company’s existing systems architecture, design techniques and development standards, and reviews new work with others to ensure it complies with industry and company standards.
• Documents technical requirements, program and subsystem designs, project task descriptions, effort estimates, and unit and integration tests.
• Performs new development, maintenance fixes and enhancements to meet business requirements.
• Assists other teams to troubleshoot application issues in production, quality assurance and other environments.
• Develops, reviews, refines, uses and documents plans for both automated and manual unit and integration tests and/or assures unit and integration tests are successfully completed prior to production.
• Tests programs for integration prior to production.
• Mentors other software developers and IT staff members.
• Documents resolutions to system problems.
• Documents designs for system requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (preferably Computer Science or related degree) or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years’ experience in Oracle, database design, SQL tuning, PL/SQL.
• Highly self-motivated, with the ability to complete tasks with minimal guidance, and to learn independently.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving abilities.
• Excellent English verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent teamwork and collaboration skills in working in a cross‑functional team comprised of Product Analysts, QA, UAT, Development and PMO members.
• Ability to juggle tasks and priorities to meet rapidly changing deadlines.
• Must work with System Architects to review/approve program and subsystem designs.
• Proficiency in UNIX/Linux and Microsoft Windows distributed computing.
• Basic skills with Excel spreadsheets and Word documents.