Database Developer at The People Practice

Summary

Our client is looking for an experienced Database Developer to join a leading company on a permanent basis. You will be responsible for developing reviewing, tuning, testing, and reporting across a new reporting suite based on organization PostgreSQL data warehouse / database. As the PostgreSQL Specialist, you will also establish telemetry dashboards whilst also creating and implementing any recommendations.

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
• Knowledge of software development and user interface web applications
• Hands on experience with SQL
• Familiarity working with .Net Framework, JavaScript, HTML and Oracle