Contract to Hire : Database Programmer

Established in 1991, Collabera has been a leader in IT staffing for over 22 years and is one of the largest diversity IT staffing firms in the industry. As a half a billion dollar IT company, with more than 9,000 professionals across 30+ offices, Collabera offers comprehensive, cost-effective IT staffing & IT Services. We provide services to Fortune 500 and mid-size companies to meet their talent needs with high quality IT resources through Staff Augmentation, Global Talent Management, Value Added Services through CLASS (Competency Leveraged Advanced Staffing & Solutions) Permanent Placement Services and Vendor Management Programs.

Collabera recognizes the true potential of human capital and provides people the right opportunities for growth and professional excellence. Collabera offers a full range of benefits to its employees including paid vacations, holidays, personal days, Medical, Dental and Vision insurance, 401K retirement savings plan, Life Insurance, and Disability Insurance.

Job Description

Contract to Hire

Required Skills:

1. Stored procedures/Functions/ Trigger Development
2. Query optimization, Execution plan Analysis
3. MS SQL Server Job setup

Should Have:

1. Database capacity planning

Responsibilities:

1. Design database for OLTP and OLAP applications
2. Define database standards for tables, columns, indexes
3. Handle the daily responsibilities of supporting the build and release needs of Agile scrum teams
4. Provide guidance to cross-team and team members in database best practices and procedures
5. Support all pre-production, managed environments for middleware services and applications
6. Deploy code and other proactive maintenance activities to keep the services up and running
7. Own specific deployment problems and provide active coordination between various groups including internal and external groups in resolving a specific problem
8. Work with Development, QA and other teams to understand changes to the existing production environment on an ongoing basis and for environment support
9. Update documentation that communicates standards and best practices of the engineering team
10. Implement metrics, Success Factors and Key Performance Indicators for the process and the team

Qualifications

Qualifications:

1. BS in Computer Science or equivalent
2. 3+ years of experience in Database Programming/Management
3. Excellent analytical and communication (both verbal and written) skills
4. Innovative thinking and vision
5. Solid understanding of technology
6. Ability to meet deadlines and be accountable
7. Must have a strong sense of ownership, urgency, and initiative
8. Experience with agile software development methodologies (scrum etc)
9. Good written and oral communication skills