Senior Database Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

– Analyzes complex information, designs, develops and troubleshoots database applications
– 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 (pref. 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