Senior Database Developer

What you will enjoy in this role

• As part of the Epsilon Product Engineering team, the pace of the work matches the fast-evolving demands of Fortune 500 clients across the globe
• As part of an innovative team that’s not afraid to take risks, your ideas will come to life in digital marketing products that support more than 50% automotive dealers in the US
• The open and transparent environment that values innovation and efficiency

Duties and responsibilities:

• Collaborate with developers, project managers, business analysts and business users in conceptualizing, estimating, and developing new software applications and enhancements. 
• Assist in defining software development project plans, including scoping, scheduling, providing time estimates for programming tasks and implementation plans. 
• Assist in the definition, development, and documentation of software’s objectives, business requirements, deliverables, and specifications in collaboration with internal users and departments. 
• Develop technical documentation to define the system components, development environment and implementation planning/strategies. 
• Prepare and dispense work assignments, provide guidance, and/or review the work of other team members. 
• Collaborate with QA team to define test cases, metrics, and resolve questions about test results. 
• Recommend business process flow improvements and clearly communicate problem/resolution process to project management. 
• Develops and implements solutions in accordance with policies and procedures. 
• Facilitate the design and implementation process for new products/projects, informing senior executive of alternatives. 
• Administer full project documentation efforts in accordance with policy and procedure. 
• Perform root cause analysis (RCA) 
• Work with cross-functional teams during crisis to address and resolve complex incidents and problems in addition to assessment, analysis, and resolution of cross-functional issues. 
• Recognizes and identifies potential areas where existing policies and procedures associated with development requires improvement and helps in the process improvement activity. 
• Update/create Knowledge Base Articles and case studies as necessary. Assist in the creation and improvement of Knowledge Management 

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications

• Developer with 5-9 years of experience required. 
• Excellent skills in Oracle databases and PL/SQL. 
• Need to be strong in Unix environment and capable of Unix Shell scripting. 
• Ability to design and implement solutions that are reliable, scalable, and perform at a high-level to meet the service levels associated with mission-critical Oracle-based solutions. 
• Knowledge of database architecture and best practices for Oracle SQL and PL/SQL coding style and application tuning. 
• Experience designing and developing complex enterprise applications (ERP, CRM, etc.) on large Oracle databases using SDLC methodologies (agile, waterfall). 
• Excellent in impact-analysis and root cause analysis. Stored Proc Optimization / Fine tuning, Performance Improvement of Queries.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities with ability to anticipate and avoid problems. 
• Experience in performance tuning, application monitoring and support of production applications with distributed teams. 
• Ability to define and implement migration strategies from legacy systems to new architecture and technologies. 
• Ability to work well within a team environment that includes geographically distributed team members. 
• Ability to work within tight deadlines and effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment. 
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written) and an ability to communicate with internal and external customers and all levels of management, including communicating technical information to nontechnical audiences. 
• Ability to design and build flexible and extensible systems with focus on code reuse and generation. 
• Experience with writing detailed technical specifications for developers; design, validate and execute software test plans. 
• Familiar with Application Development Life Cycle and be able to independently participate in each component. 
• Education: bachelor’s degree in computer science, or equivalent 

Preferred qualifications:

Technical 

• Working knowledge of SQL Server and experience in automotive marketing and/or CRM applications preferred. 
• Experience with Informatica or some ETL tool, and TFS preferred.
• Strong knowledge in providing solutions.

Non-Technical 

• Good Analytical and problem-solving skills. 
• Ability to diagnose and troubleshoot problems quickly to maintain operational stability. 
• Motivated to learn new applications and domain. 
• Possess appetite for learning through exploration and reverse engineering. 
• Strong time management skills. 
• Ability to take full ownership of tasks and projects.