Sr. SQL Server Developer

Core SQL Server Expertise

• 10+ years of hands-on experience in Microsoft SQL Server development and database administration support.
• Strong expertise in T-SQL programming and database design.
• Advanced knowledge of relational database concepts, normalization, and data modelling.
• Developing complex Stored Procedures, Functions, Views, and Triggers from scratch.
• Writing highly optimized T-SQL code for large-scale enterprise applications.
• Expertise in temporary tables, table variables, CTEs, cursors, and windowing functions.

ETL Development

• Strong hands-on experience in ETL design, development, deployment, and support.
• Extensive experience using SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS). Building complex SSIS packages for data extraction, transformation, and loading.
• Working with multiple data sources including SQL Server, Oracle, Flat Files, Excel, XML, and APIs.

Performance Tuning & Optimization

• Expert in SQL Performance Tuning and Query Optimization.
• Identifying and resolving blocking, deadlocks, and long-running queries.
• Execution Plan analysis and query optimization.
• Index analysis, creation, maintenance, and optimization including Partitioning strategies for large databases.

Database Maintenance

• Backup and Recovery strategy management.
• Database integrity checks and consistency validation.
• Index rebuild and reorganize strategies.
• Disaster Recovery and High Availability support.

Troubleshooting & Production Support

• Root cause analysis of database performance issues.
• Production incident management and resolution.
• Query tuning in mission-critical environments.
• Database monitoring and proactive issue identification.
• Release deployment and post-production validation.

Soft Skills

• Requirement gathering and solution design.
• Technical mentoring and code reviews.
• Stakeholder communication.
• Documentation and knowledge transfer.
• Agile/Scrum development methodologies.

Requirements

• Senior Microsoft SQL Server Developer with 10+ years of experience in database development, ETL solutions, performance tuning, and production support. Expertise in designing and developing complex stored procedures, SSIS packages, SQL Server Agent Jobs, and high-performance database solutions. Proven experience in query optimization, database maintenance, data warehousing, and troubleshooting mission-critical applications within enterprise environments.
• Strong SQL Server development experience
• Good knowledge of T-SQL, stored procedures, functions, views and triggers
• Experience with query optimisation and performance tuning
• Strong understanding of database design, indexing and execution plans
• Experience working with large-volume databases
• Good understanding of SQL Server Always On / high-availability concepts
• Experience with ETL/data migration would be an advantage
• Ability to troubleshoot complex SQL and database-related issues
• Good understanding of database security and access management
• Experience working within an Agile development environment