SQL Developer

SQL Developer
Location: Stoke-on-Trent (Hybrid working)
Salary: £40,000 - £45,000

Opportunity:
This organisations head office and where the role will be based on a hybrid working basis is located in Birmingham. They also have 28 other offices located all around the UK. They have set out ambitious plans to increase their offices to 34 by this time next year due to large amounts of investment in all areas of the business, so as a result, they are now seeking an experienced and talented SQL Developer to join their team.

Main Duties:

• Responsible for the development and improvement of our Practice Management Systems.
• Ensure that industry standards and best practices are applied across the development and database environments, leading to secure, robust, and optimised systems.
• Produce and maintain documentation that contributes towards the wider development infrastructure.
• Produce estimates (high-level and detailed) for development work.
• Maintain databases and objects such as tables, stored procedures, views, triggers, and Indexes.
• Handle common database procedures such as upgrade, backup, recovery, and migration.
• Profile server resources usage, and optimise as necessary.
• Maintain interfaces with other systems both internal and external.
• Deliver browser-based data solutions on IIS as part of our ongoing automation program.
• Collaborate within a cross-functional team to help shape technical solutions and direction.

Skills and Experience required for the role:

• Extensive SQL Server knowledge.
• Expert-level T-SQL skills.
• Ability to write clean, efficient, readable, and well-documented code.
• Proven experience in creating and implementing effective testing plans.
• Capable of troubleshooting common database issues and debugging stored procedures Skilled at optimising large complicated SQL statements.
• Familiar with tools that can aid with profiling server resource usage and optimization SQL Support.
• Sense of ownership and pride in your performance and its impact on the company’s success.
• Previous experience in helping to deliver projects accurately and on time
• The ability to prioritise high volumes of responsibilities without delays in deliverables.
• A confident and effective communicator who is proactive, and self-motivated with a can-do attitude.