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The role focuses on SQL Server database development, performance optimization, data integrity, security, troubleshooting, and backup management.\nThe MS SQL Developer will collaborate with application, engineering, infrastructure, security, and business teams to deliver reliable and maintainable database solutions. The role contributes to business objectives by improving database performance, availability, data quality, security, and operational continuity.\nSoftware Requirements\nRequired Software Skills\nMicrosoft SQL Server: Practical experience with database development, administration support, query optimization, troubleshooting, backup, recovery, and performance monitoring.\nSQL/T-SQL: Strong experience writing, reviewing, optimizing, and troubleshooting SQL queries, stored procedures, views, functions, and related database objects.\nDatabase management systems: Strong knowledge of database concepts and experience with SQL Server or comparable platforms.\nDatabase design: Experience designing tables, relationships, indexes, constraints, schemas, and data access structures.\nPerformance optimization: Experience analyzing execution plans, identifying bottlenecks, optimizing queries, and improving database performance.\nDatabase security: Knowledge of access controls, authentication, 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integration, ETL, reporting, or business intelligence tools.\nEquivalent database platforms and tools may be considered where they provide comparable capabilities.\nOverall Responsibilities\nDesign, implement, maintain, and enhance Microsoft SQL Server databases and related database objects.\nDevelop and optimize SQL queries, stored procedures, views, functions, indexes, and data-access solutions.\nMonitor database performance, identify bottlenecks, analyze execution plans, and implement query and database optimizations.\nCollaborate with cross-functional teams to support database-related initiatives, application enhancements, migrations, integrations, and releases.\nEnsure data integrity, consistency, availability, confidentiality, and appropriate access controls.\nTroubleshoot database issues involving performance, connectivity, data quality, capacity, configuration, and application integration.\nImplement, monitor, document, and test database backup and recovery processes.\nParticipate in database design and implementation projects, including schema design, data modelling, migration, and deployment activities.\nSupport database changes through appropriate development, testing, approval, release, and rollback processes.\nDocument database structures, dependencies, operational procedures, performance findings, backup processes, and technical decisions.\nCollaborate with application developers, infrastructure teams, security teams, testing teams, and business stakeholders to understand and deliver data requirements.\nIdentify opportunities to improve database reliability, maintainability, scalability, security, automation, and operational efficiency.\nSupport sustainable technology practices by optimizing storage, reducing unnecessary processing, improving resource utilization, and maintaining efficient database solutions.\nDeliver database solutions that meet agreed requirements for performance, availability, security, data quality, and supportability.\nTechnical Skills (By Category)\nProgramming Languages\nEssential\nStrong proficiency in SQL and T-SQL for Microsoft SQL Server development and database management.\nAbility to write maintainable and optimized queries, stored procedures, functions, and database scripts.\nFamiliarity with programming concepts relevant to database integration and application support.\nAbility to analyze application-to-database interactions and troubleshoot data-related issues.\nPreferred\nFamiliarity with Python or Java for automation, database integration, testing, or support activities.\nExperience developing scripts for database monitoring, validation, deployment, backup verification, or routine administration.\nKnowledge of additional scripting or programming languages used in the assigned technology environment.\nDatabases/Data Management\nEssential\nStrong knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server and relational database concepts.\nExperience with database design, normalization, data modelling, schemas, tables, relationships, constraints, indexes, and transactions.\nExperience with query optimization, execution plans, indexing strategies, performance monitoring, and database troubleshooting.\nExperience ensuring data integrity, consistency, availability, and accuracy.\nExperience implementing or supporting database backup, recovery, and restoration processes.\nUnderstanding of database capacity, storage, availability, and operational support requirements.\nPreferred\nExperience with Oracle or MySQL.\nFamiliarity with replication, clustering, partitioning, high availability, disaster recovery, or database scaling.\nExperience with ETL, data migration, data integration, reporting, or data-quality processes.\nExposure to relational and non-relational database technologies.\nCloud Technologies\nEssential\nAbility to understand how deployment environments, infrastructure, availability, security, monitoring, and resource capacity affect database operations.\nAbility to collaborate with infrastructure and cloud teams on database implementation and support activities.\nPreferred\nExperience supporting Microsoft SQL Server databases in cloud or hybrid environments.\nFamiliarity with managed database services, cloud storage, cloud monitoring, backup, recovery, and access management.\nAwareness of cloud resource optimization, storage efficiency, and sustainable database operations.\nFrameworks and Libraries\nEssential\nExperience working with SQL Server database tools, database drivers, stored procedures, functions, and application integration components.\nAbility to evaluate database dependencies, interfaces, schema changes, and compatibility considerations.\nUnderstanding of database connectivity and integration with software applications.\nPreferred\nFamiliarity with database migration, deployment, testing, monitoring, or automation frameworks.\nExperience with data-access libraries, ORM tools, ETL frameworks, or reporting components.\nExposure to reusable database-development standards and configuration-driven deployment practices.\nDevelopment Tools and Methodologies\nEssential\nExperience with database design, development, implementation, optimization, troubleshooting, and maintenance.\nAbility to follow software development lifecycle, change-control, release, testing, and documentation practices.\nExperience collaborating with cross-functional teams on database-related initiatives.\nAbility to support incident investigation, root-cause analysis, defect resolution, and operational improvements.\nExperience documenting database structures, technical procedures, changes, issues, and recovery processes.\nPreferred\nFamiliarity with source control and database version-management practices.\nExperience with database deployment automation, schema migration, continuous integration, or continuous delivery.\nExposure to Agile development practices and iterative delivery.\nFamiliarity with database monitoring, alerting, logging, and performance-reporting tools.\nSecurity Protocols\nEssential\nKnowledge of database security best practices.\nUnderstanding of authentication, authorization, role-based access, permissions, least-privilege access, and secure data handling.\nAwareness of encryption, auditing, credential management, sensitive-data protection, and access reviews.\nAbility to identify and address database security risks in collaboration with security and infrastructure teams.\nPreferred\nExperience implementing encryption, data masking, auditing, secrets management, certificate management, or privileged access controls.\nFamiliarity with security testing, vulnerability remediation, compliance controls, and audit requirements.\nExperience supporting databases containing sensitive, regulated, or business-critical information.\nExperience Requirements\n3+ years of experience in database development, database administration, SQL development, or a related field.\nExperience designing, implementing, maintaining, and optimizing relational databases.\nPractical experience with Microsoft SQL Server and T-SQL.\nExperience developing and optimizing queries, stored procedures, indexes, views, functions, and database objects.\nExperience troubleshooting database performance, connectivity, data integrity, configuration, and application-integration issues.\nExperience implementing or supporting database backups, recovery procedures, and operational maintenance.\nExperience collaborating with application, infrastructure, security, testing, business, and technology teams.\nExperience with Oracle or MySQL is preferred.\nIndustry experience in technology, software development, financial services, enterprise applications, or data-intensive environments is preferred.\nCandidates may also qualify through equivalent combinations of SQL development, database administration, data engineering, application support, database performance engineering, or data-platform experience that demonstrate the required skills and outcomes.\nDay-to-Day Activities\nMonitor database performance, analyze execution plans, optimize queries and indexes, and maintain SQL Server database objects.\nCollaborate with application, infrastructure, security, testing, and business teams to support database requirements, design activities, releases, and production issues.\nValidate data integrity and security, troubleshoot database incidents, implement backup and recovery processes, and document technical changes and operational procedures.\nMake database-design and optimization decisions within the agreed technical scope, prioritize support and development tasks, and escalate material risks or issues when required.\nQualifications\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field; equivalent relevant professional experience may be considered.\nAt least 3 years of experience in database development, database administration, SQL development, or a related role is 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