Database Developer at The People Practice

Responsibilities

• Lead efforts to develop and improve procedures for automated monitoring and proactive intervention, reducing any need downtime.
• Develop Stored Procedures and Database Triggers in support of application development.
• Participate in application development projects and be responsible for the database architecture and design.
• Participate in the creation of development, staging, and production database instances, and the migration from one environment to another.
• Modify databases according to requests and perform tests.
• Solve database usage issues and malfunctions.
• Liaise with developers to improve applications and establish best practices.
• Gather user requirements and identify new features.
• Develop technical and training manuals.
• Provide data management support to users.
• Ensure all database programs meet company and performance requirements.
• Research and suggest new database products, services and protocols.'

Qualifications

• BSc in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• 2-5 years of relevant experience as a Database Developer in a Financial Institution is preferred
• PostgreSQL database certification is an added advantage

Requirements

• Knowledge of software development and user interface web applications
• Hands on experience with SQL
• Familiarity working with .Net Framework, JavaScript, HTML and Oracle
• Must be a critical and analytical problem solver.
• Must be self-driven, self-motivated, and result oriented.
• Must have excellent spoken and written communication.
• Must have excellent time skills – showing an ability to organize, prioritize, and balance multiple projects.
• Must be a great team-player.