PL/SQL Developer (F2F Interview)

SonSoft Inc. is a USA based corporation duly organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Georgia. SonSoft Inc is growing at a steady pace specializing in the fields of Software Development, Software Consultancy, and Information Technology Enabled Services.

Job Description

• Seeking an experienced Senior Developer who specializes in Oracle database and PL-SQL / Data warehouses / Unix servers and shell scripting.
• Ability to design solutions and conduct data analysis is required.
• Informatica knowledge is a plus.
• Auto industry, CRM, and knowledge of marketing concepts are pluses.

Responsibilities:

• The position will be supporting a custom CRM application, specifically the analytical repository.
• The repository is an Oracle database, the OS is Unix AIX 6.x.
• The responsibilities for the position include the analysis, design, development and 24/7 support of the production processes and applications.
• The candidate will work under the supervision of the ECRM team lead.
• Will be part of a team responsible for supporting CRM analytics and Campaign operations.

Required Skills:

Oracle Database

• Strong understanding of Oracle PL/SQL techniques to write stored procedures, triggers, and packages that analyze several million rows across several database tables.
• Ability to grasp relational data models quickly and program using SQL and PL/SQL.
• A clear understanding of SQL’s analytical processing capabilities such as RANK, DENSE RANK etc.
• Strong understanding of Oracle dynamic SQL and ability to write complex procedures using dynamic SQL.
• Performance tuning methodologies and understanding of Relational database join techniques like HASH, NESTED LOOPS etc. and the use of Oracle Hints.
• Advanced knowledge of Oracle Indexing techniques like BIT Map indexes and Index Organized tables.
• Optimize and tune stored procedures, embedded SQL, taking advantage of Oracle specific features.
• Oracle Data Partitioning techniques to manage, support and performance tune very large databases (VLDB’s).
• Understanding of Parallel execution features of Oracle to dramatically reduce response times for data-intensive operations.
• Bulk Collect functionality, pipelined functions and other features of Oracle PL/SQL.
• Ability to write efficient PL-SQL procedures.
• Design complete solutions.

Data Transformation (ETL)

• Knowledge of Informatica is a plus.
• Familiarity with Extraction, Transformation, and Loading (ETL tools) to facilitate loading large amounts of data.
• Strong ETL design and development abilities.
• PL-SQL and Stored Procedures to upload data from different sources.

Unix OS

• Experience working with Unix servers.
• Experience with Shell scripting.

Database/Other

• Experience in the analysis, design, development, deployment & tuning of large scale databases.
• Experience in the design and development of data warehousing.
• Expert knowledge of SQL.
• Ability to write and understand complex SQL required.
• Query analysis and tuning experience (hints, explain plan, TKPROF).
• Expert knowledge of Oracle PL/SQL best practices and development methodologies or standards.
• Stored Procedures, Packages, Triggers, Debugging, Tuning.
• Data Warehousing experience a plus.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline or have equivalent experience.

Desired Skills:

• Motivated self-starter.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work in a team environment where team conducts code and design reviews prior to implementation.
• Ability to lead minor tasks and follow up on progress especially if depending on others to do their tasks.

Qualifications

• 5 plus years experience with major DBMS .
• 5 plus years experience with coding, testing, and design .
• 5 plus years experience with software development methodologies .