Senior SQL Developer
Our client is a leading Investment Management Company that manages all significant asset classes for institutional and retail investors in long-term savings products is seeking highly experienced SQL Developer to work within the team to review and increase the performance of the current database code that underpins the Research Management systems.
The successful candidate will be accountable for the delivery of high quality development solutions in line with specifications supplied by the Business analysis team, and in the timescales/estimate agreed with the Development Lead.
The tasks for this role will include:
- Acting as the owner for performance tuning of the Systems and any performance Incidents
- Identify key areas of slow performance, blocking, timeouts, etc
- Improve those weak points by rewriting/redesign
- Constant code reviews of other team members
- Design and implement database development standards
- Provide advice and work with the off shore development team
- Take over responsibility from product vendor consultants to design data reports extracts
- Provide a strategy to gather statistics for custom code and data jobs, enabling us to perform bench-marking / trending and a “performance regression” test
- Create a test framework adopted across all data-related development streams to provide a functional regression test for each release
Your will need to demonstrate the following skills and experience to be considered for this role:
- An interest or knowledge of the investment management or wider financial services industry
- Comprehensive knowledge of one MS SQL Server 2008
- Performance analysis, tuning and troubleshooting
- SSRS development and administration
- Ability to apply SQL knowledge to supply development solutions efficiently that comply with coding standards, technical design, performance requirements and functional specifications
- Ability to produce unit test cases to comprehensively test the functionality of the coded units both in positive and negative test conditions
- Tenacious, delivery focussed, with high quality ideals
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Flexible attitude, be able to thrive in an ever-changing environment
- Proven experience of working on structured IT development projects in a development capacity
- Knowledge of a 2nd development language applicable to the project/department
Given the nature of this role you will be a self-motivated, a self-starter and demonstrate that you are a team player.
This is a technical role combined with the ability to operate at a senior level. The very nature of this role requires excellent communication skills, both written and verbal and the ability to work under pressure.
You will be qualified academically and possess the energy and enthusiasm. This is an excellent opportunity to work within dynamic organisation. Please send your details in confidence to maddy.nyman@nymanresourcing.com detailing your current daily rate and expectations along with a cover letter explaining why you are suitable for the role.
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