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