Job Description

Develop complex T-SQL queries, Stored Procedures, and Triggers.

Assist in the design of the relational database architecture for new development projects.

Develop new / alter existing SQL objects based on a set of requirements.

Troubleshoot SQL objects that fail.

Support the development team in troubleshooting application performance using SQL profiler and optimizing SQL queries or tuning indexing.

Service requests from business, which include changes to processes or ad hoc data requests.

Develop according to set coding standards and processes.

Collaborate with Business Analysts to define scope and goals, track milestones, decide priorities, and report regularly to team leaders and BAxe2x80x99s.

Work with Business Analysts to identify and understand source data systems.

Contribute to all phases of the SDLC process extending from requirements gathering and design to development, testing, and deployment.

Investigate and fix production issues.

Develop and test extraction, transformation, and load processes.

Work in a very data-driven environment and use data analysis skills to anticipate and fix bugs.

Supporting production databases.

Monitor production databases regularly or respond to any database issues by bringing down the database or taking the database offline.

Monitoring or optimising the performance, security, backup, recovery, or integrity of database management systems.

Minimum Requirements:
Relevant tertiary qualification in Information Technology or Computer/Engineering/Mathematical Sciences and/ or at least 4-5 years relevant experience as a SQL developer as part of a team in a software development environment

Relevant Microsoft Certification (SQL developer/Azure) will be beneficial.

2 years of relevant experience as an Intermediate SQL developer as part of a team in a software development environment.

Ability to work in a team environment: Follow mentorship/provide team leader mentorship, collaborate on a common (UML) design model.

A good understanding of the SDLC process, tools, and techniques specifically as applied to software development methodology.

Experience working with security-sensitive data (beneficial)

Skills and Knowledge requirements:
Knowledge of security vulnerabilities and working impact on solutions.

Experience of the following in Microsoft SQL Server:
Relational database design principles

Understanding of SQL Server Administration

SQL OLTP development

SQL Query optimization

SQL Query analysis

Database object design

XML and JSON structures (beneficial)

God XML manipulation skills in XQuery (beneficial)

Basic understanding of front-end languages like HTML, CSS, and JAVA script (Beneficial)

Ability to deliver production-quality software by e.g. paying attention to detail, doing extensive unit testing, and supporting quality testing phases.

Knowledge and experience of the following toolsets:
SQL Server Management Studio 2012 upwards

SQL profiler (beneficial)

Some knowledge of cloud services like Azure, and AWS (Beneficial)

Good understanding of data integrity and security best practices.

Hands-on experience in Exception Handling and Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting slow-running queries and profiling Performance Issues (Beneficial)

Between 3 - 5 Years