SQL Database Developer

Position Summary 

• The SQL Server Engineer / SQL Server SME is responsible for designing, developing, optimizing, and supporting enterprise SQL Server environments both on-premises and in Microsoft Azure. 
• The role serves as the subject matter expert (SME) for database architecture, performance tuning, ETL solutions, reporting services, and cloud migration initiatives. 

Primary Responsibilities 

SQL Server Administration 

• Install, configure, and maintain SQL Server environments. 
• Manage SQL Server upgrades, patching, and migrations. 
• Configure security, roles, permissions, and auditing. 
• Perform backup, recovery, and disaster recovery planning. 
• Manage Always On Availability Groups, Failover Clustering, and replication. 
• Monitor database health and capacity planning. 

SQL Development 

• Develop and optimize: Stored Procedures, Functions, Views, Triggers, T-SQL Queries 
• Analyze execution plans and improve query performance. 
• Troubleshoot blocking, deadlocks, and long-running queries. 
• Design efficient indexing strategies. 
• Implement database performance tuning. 

SSIS Development 

• Design and develop SSIS packages. 
• Build ETL processes for: Data integration, Data migration, Data warehouse loading 
• Handle data transformation and cleansing. 
• Automate file imports and exports. 
• Monitor SSIS package execution and troubleshoot failures. 

SSRS Development 

• Design and develop operational and executive reports. 
• Create dashboards and analytical reports. 
• Implement report subscriptions and automated delivery. 
• Optimize report performance. 

Database Architecture & Design 

• Design enterprise database architecture. 
• Create logical and physical data models. 
• Perform normalization and denormalization. 
• Establish database standards and best practices. 
• Design highly scalable OLTP and reporting solutions. 
• Design multi-tenant and enterprise application databases. 

Performance & Troubleshooting 

• Conduct root cause analysis. 
• Resolve production incidents. 
• Monitor wait statistics. 
• Analyze memory, CPU, and I/O bottlenecks. 
• Tune indexes and statistics. 
• Improve SQL workload efficiency. 

Data Warehouse & Business Intelligence 

• Design dimensional models. 
• Implement data marts and enterprise data warehouses. 
• Build reporting and analytics platforms. 
• Support Power BI, SSRS, and BI solutions. 

Required Technical Skills 

SQL Server 

• SQL Server 2016/2019/2022, T-SQL, Query Optimization, Performance Tuning, Indexing, Partitioning, Replication, Always On Availability Groups 

Integration & Reporting 

• SSIS, SSRS 

Database Design 

• Data Modeling, OLTP Architecture, Data Warehousing, Star Schema, Database Security, Data Governance 

Experience 

• 8–15+ years of SQL Server experience. 
• Enterprise ETL development using SSIS. 
• Enterprise reporting using SSRS/Power BI. 
• Database architecture and design experience. 
• Production support and performance tuning expertise. 
• Healthcare, insurance, finance, or large enterprise application experience preferred.