Job Listing: PL/SQL Developer

Our client, a major financial institution, is looking for a PL/SQL Developer to work for them on a contract basis (6 months +).

This individual will be working with the Derivative Accounting Group (DAG). They will be responsible for interacting with Derivative Accounting Group Senior staff for the maintenance and development of a Financial Data Warehouse (FDWH). There is also a strong emphasis on the enhancing of the existing FDWH applications. The position is one where the pace is quick and the work is extremely diversified.

Potential areas of involvement include: Full cycle of Database/Application Analysis, Design and Development, ETL tasks, Application Tuning, Backup and Restore planning, Capacity planning, Project Management assistance, Document the FDWH Application, Proactive monitoring of Application performance and efficiency, Issue tracking systems and Versioning applications.

Working with DAG management on requests for information processing from Business Units and other divisions as well as outside consulting firms. Assist DAG’s project manager in shepherding the process to completion.

Potential Data Warehouse Specialist Functions include:

Project support: Provide Oracle Technical guidance and suggestions to project manager for the full project cycle (planning, development, implementation and enhancements).
Full cycle of Database and Application Analysis, Design and Development

Methodology: Develop and implement a consistent and standardized process to develop and maintain the FDWH application. Including database modeling, documentation, programming, testing, development of the production deployment scripts, VBA interfaces support, ETL tasks.

Issue tracking systems and Versioning applications: Use the tools for Issue/Tickets tracking (Clear Quest) and program versioning (PVCS).

Database Modeling: Create scripts for the creation and maintenance of the database model; Design and maintenance of the objects relationships and data integrity as well as other DBA tasks.

User requirements: Interaction with DAG team’s accountants and IT Business Analysts to gather functional/technical information needed for the development of the applications.

Requirements:
Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills.
Previous history of developing full cycle applications, including testing, production support, application tuning. Financial background is a strong plus.
Demonstrated ability to work on many tasks simultaneously and to shift priorities at a moment’s notice is essential.
Broad familiarity with a variety of Relationship Database Management Systems (Oracle 9i/10g, Access, SQL Server), Development tools (PL/SQL developer, Oracle SQL developer) as well as operating systems (UNIX, Windows, etc…), computing platforms, IT infrastructure, and network/systems management tools.
Expertise with Oracle objects (tables/views/snapshots/synonyms, etc.) and PL/SQL programming (procedures, functions, packages)
Minimum 4-7 years working experience with at least 2 years in Data Warehouse developing and management experience; DBA experience is a strong plus.
Previous Project Management experience is also a plus
Experience working with a team of Business Analysts

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