SQL SME / Developer || Remote

Remote • Posted 45 minutes ago • Updated 45 minutes ago
Contract Independent
Contract W2
Contract Corp To Corp
12 Months
No Travel Required
Remote
$45 - $55/hr
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Job Details

Skills

  • SQL

Summary

Title: SQL SME / Developer

Location: US Remote

 

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. 

 

 

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  • Dice Id: 10513292
  • Position Id: 73615-12895-1787777312
  • Posted 45 minutes ago
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