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Lead Engineer - IT

Remote: 
Hybrid
Contract: 
Experience: 
Senior (5-10 years)
Work from: 
Chennai (IN)

Offer summary

Qualifications:

7+ years of SQL Server DBA experience, Strong Experience with SQL Server Clustering, Mirroring, Log Shipping, Expert level of SQL Server RDBMS skills, Ability to implement automation for DB tasks, Experience with complex database environments.

Key responsabilities:

  • Understand project requirements and contribute to specifications
  • Estimate tasks and resources for modules
  • Create detailed LLD designs for assigned components
  • Build and evaluate code according to standards
  • Document technical reviews and maintain test results
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HQ: New York
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Job description

Job Description:
Requirements Elicitation, Understanding, Analysis, & Management
· Understand the project's Vision and requirements, and contribute to the creation of the supplemental requirements, building the low-level technical specifications for a particular platform and/or service solution.

Project Planning, Tracking, & Reporting
· Estimate the tasks and resources required to design, create (build), and test the code for assigned module(s).
· Provide inputs in creating the detailed schedule for the project.
· Support the team in project planning activities, in evaluating risks, and shuffle priorities based on unresolved issues.
· During development and testing, ensure that assigned parts of the project/modules are on track with respect to schedules and quality.
· Note scope changes within the assigned modules and work with the team to shuffle priorities accordingly.
· Communicate regularly with the team about development changes, scheduling, and status.
· Participate in project review meetings.
· Tracking and reporting progress for assigned modules

Design:
· Create a detailed (LLD) design for the assigned piece(s) with possible alternate solutions.
· Ensure that LLD design meets business requirements.
· Submit the LLD design for review.
· Fix the detailed (LLD) design for the assigned piece(s) for the comments received from team.

Development & Support
· Build the code of high-priority and complex systems according to the functional specifications, detailed design, maintainability, and coding and efficiency standards.
· Use code management processes and tools to avoid versioning problems.
· Ensure that the code does not affect the functioning of any external or internal systems.
· Perform peer reviews of code to ensure it meets coding and efficiency standards.
· Act as the primary reviewer to review the application code created by software engineers to ensure compliance to defined standards. Recommend changes to the code as required.

Testing & Debugging
· Attend the Test Design walkthroughs to help verify that the plans and conditions will test all functions and features effectively.
· Perform impact analysis for issues assigned to self and software engineers.
· Actively assist with project- and code-level problem solving, such as suggesting paths to explore when testing engineers or software engineers encounter a debugging problem, and escalate urgent issues.

Documentation
· Review technical documentation for the code for accuracy, completeness, and usability.
· Document and maintain the reviews conducted and the unit test results.

Process Management
· Adhere to the project and support processes.
· Adhere to best practices and comply with approved policies, procedures, and methodologies, such as the SDLC cycle for different project sizes.
· Shows responsibility for corporate funds, materials and resources.
· Ensure adherence to SDLC and audits requirements.
· Adhere to best practices and comply with approved policies, procedures, and methodologies.
Qualifications:
  • 7+ years of SQL Server DBA experience
  • Strong Experience with SQL Server Clustering, Mirroring, Log Shipping, AlwaysON
  • Experience on AWS is plus
  • Experience with SQL coding and tuning
  • Must be hands-on, technically adept DBA, capable of performing required DB tasks.
  • Deep knowledge with SQL Server 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2022 databases
  • Strong troubleshooting/performance tuning skills required. Must be able improve SQL performance.
  • Ability to diagnose problems and triage/resolve issues across various tiers (application, network, database, server, or storage tiers).
  • Ability to implement automation to reduce manual administrative tasks through use of jobs, shell scripts, PL/SQL, cron, or other techniques.
  • Expert level of SQL Server RDBMS installation/configuration, patching, troubleshooting, performance tracking/tuning, back-up/recovery, remote monitoring skills with hands-on experience in -large and very dynamic environments.
  • Experience with very complex database environments.
  • Experience in SQL and/or PL/SQL.
  • Experience in working controlled environment, change control, and validated systems.
  • Experience with Foglight is a plus
  • Experience on Oracle/MySQL/Postgres/MongoDB is a plus
  • Customer service orientation.
Location:

This position can be based in any of the following locations:

Chennai, Gurgaon

Required profile

Experience

Level of experience: Senior (5-10 years)
Industry :
Financial Services
Spoken language(s):
English
Check out the description to know which languages are mandatory.

Other Skills

  • Communication
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Troubleshooting (Problem Solving)
  • Problem Solving
  • Problem Reporting

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