Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform performance management, including running diagnostics, optimizing queries, other performance tuning, and ensuring proper backups
• Modify existing databases and database management systems or direct other programmers to make changes
• Test programs or databases, troubleshoot issues, correct errors and make necessary modifications
• Plan, coordinate and implement security measures to safeguard data against accidental or unauthorized damage, modification or disclosure
• Develop standards/best practices to guide the use and acquisition of software to protect vulnerable information
• Complete assignments in a timely manner under broad, general direction with minimal supervision
• Excellent communication and client-facing skills

Education/Experience Requirements:

• 5 years of recent experience with MS SQL Developer (using on a daily basis)
• Strong MS SQL development (minimum 2008) experience with ability to design complex stored procedures and functions
• Expertise and knowledge of best practices with MS SQL Server and SQL development
• Strong understanding of relational database design
• Ability to solve complex problems by analyzing variables and applying appropriate solutions
• Experience and understanding of software development lifecycle preferred
• Experience with SSRS a must (SSIS is not as important)
• Someone who can write pretty complex stored procedures, back end custom application work
• Should be able to understand store procedures, wireframes and table structures
• Really strong relational database knowledge and someone who can hit the ground running