Database Developer - Veracity Software Inc

Job Role: Database Developer

Location: Rockville MD (Hybrid one day on-site)

Duration: 6 Months Contract to Hire

The ideal candidate for this position is someone who:

Has excellent analytical, problem solving, and debugging skills

Works both independently and as a part of a team

Is able to effectively collaborate with a development team, business analysts, and project managers

Core Responsibilities:

Provide development and administration support for numerous MS SQL databases (or similar RDBMS) in different environments

Develop stored procedures, functions, packages, triggers and views using T-SQL

Utilize SQL Management Studio to develop or modify database indexes, schema modification, and unit testing

Work with product owner or business analyst to fully understand business requirements and convert into appropriate technical solutions

Contributing member of a cross-functional team in charge of delivering new features and capabilities on an iterative basis

Ability to digest existing SQL data models and modify or enhance as needed

Provide accurate estimates of effort required to complete assignments

Conduct code reviews to ensure all code passes organizationally-mandated code reviews and audits

Proactively and regularly make recommendations for system improvements

Complete assignments according to the established deadlines

Requirements

B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent work experience

Minimum of 5 years of experience in database schema design, development and management

Deep knowledge of relational database's objects, MS SQL Server Integration Services and SQL Scripts

Familiarity with performance tuning and optimization

Experience working in an Agile software development life-cycle

Preferred Qualifications:

Data migration skills and working experience with ETL concepts and tools

Developing/instantiating conceptual, logical, and physical data models, ER Diagram

Understanding of Azure platform capabilities for the design and development of modern applications

Experience in government health care programs