Senior Database Developer

Overview:

Senior Database Developer

We are seeking Senior Database Developer/Engineers who can interview and work onsite in a hybrid arrangement at a major Healthcare IT Group in Pleasanton, California.

This position will provide Clinical data solutions for Healthcare informatics efforts. We are looking for a highly motivated professional with strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Scope of Responsibilities:

• Design, develop and optimize large, complex DB schemas, SQL scripts and objects to meet application functionality and performance requirements.

• Working with stakeholders including data, design, product, and executive teams and assisting them with data-related technical issues.

• Working closely with application developers and business teams at all levels to assist with data-related technical issues and help ensure the successful designing and delivering data driven solutions.

• Implement processes and procedures for the development and release of products/projects that facilitate high quality and rapid deployment

• Provide solutions to promote data integrity in enterprise systems.

• Participate in code reviews to validate effectiveness and quality of code.

• Liaise with developers to improve applications and establish best practices

• Publish documentation and collaborative information using internal tools.

Requirements:

• Expertise in Database Architecture in an environment that handles large volume of data, excess of 500 million of new data records every day.

• Strong analytical and organizational skills. This job involves analyzing existing databases and the client's needs to develop effective data driven solutions.

• Demonstrate expertise in performance tuning including both query and server optimization utilizing SQL tools and/or 3rd party solutions.

• Strong knowledge and experience in data modeling, database design, optimization for performance, SQL, stored procedures

• Expertise in understanding complex business needs, analyzing, designing, and developing solutions.

• Hands-on development experience in SQL Server 2016 or above using SSIS and SSRS

• Experience in troubleshooting and resolving data related issues.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Expertise in performance tuning especially tuning complex queries, procedure, and indexing strategies

Also desired:

• Monitor and perform tuning on complex ETL jobs using meta-data/variables/parameters.

• Performance tuning experience using 3rd party tools

• Audit/compliance experience in highly regulated environment.

• Experience using JIRA & Confluence as part of development life cycle

• Experience with Business Intelligence tools like Tableau, SSRS, Power BI etc.

• Familiar with Continual Improvement processes

• Familiar with Git

Experience:

• 8 years + relational database and SQL experience

• Creativity, curiosity, initiative, and self-management are key attributes candidate embodies.

• Solid experience (4 years +) in coding complex SQL queries and stored procedures. The ability to explain the details of performance tuning internals of the database.

• Strong understanding of database development methodologies (Source Control, Continual improvement, Release Management, Agile and Scrum)

• Experience with Continuous Integration Tools (Jenkins, TeamCity, Bamboo) and Test-Driven Development (TDD) a big plus

• Experience with Red Gate Tools a plus (SQL Source Control, SQL Compare, SQL Data Compare, DLM)

• Health care domain knowledge a big plus.

Education:

- BS or equivalent in engineering or related technical area

- Masters degree preferred

Skills:

SQL, DLM