PL/SQL Developer

SonSoft Inc. is a USA based corporation duly organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Georgia. SonSoft Inc is growing at a steady pace specializing in the fields of Software Development, Software Consultancy, and Information Technology Enabled Services.

Job Description

• Seeking an experienced Senior Developer who specializes in Oracle database and PL-SQL / Data warehouses / Unix servers and shell scripting
• Ability to design solutions and conduct data analysis is required
• Informatica knowledge is a plus
• Auto industry, CRM, and knowledge of marketing concepts are pluses

Responsibilities:

• The position will be supporting a custom CRM application, specifically the analytical repository
• The repository is an Oracle database, the OS is Unix AIX 6.x.
• The responsibilities for the position include the analysis, design, development and 24/7 support of the production processes and applications.
• The candidate will work under the supervision of the ECRM team lead
• Will be part of a team responsible for supporting CRM analytics and Campaign operations

Required Skills:

Oracle Database

• Strong understanding of Oracle PL/SQL techniques to write stored procedures, triggers, and packages that analyze several million rows across several database tables
• Ability to grasp relational data models quickly and program using SQL and PL/SQL
• A Clear understanding of SQL’s analytical processing capabilities such as RANK, DENSE RANK etc.
• Strong understanding of Oracle dynamic SQL and ability to write complex procedures using dynamic SQL
• Performance tuning methodologies and understanding of Relational database join techniques like HASH, NESTED LOOPS etc. and the use of Oracle Hints
• Advanced knowledge of Oracle Indexing techniques like BIT Map indexes and Index Organized tables
• Optimize and tune stored procedures, embedded SQL, taking advantage of Oracle specific features
• Oracle Data Partitioning techniques to manage, support and performance tune very large databases (VLDB’s)
• Understanding of Parallel execution features of Oracle to dramatically reduce response times for data-intensive operations
• Bulk Collect functionality, pipelined functions and other features of Oracle PL/SQL
• Ability to write efficient PL-SQL procedures
• Design complete solutions

Data transformation (ETL)

• Knowledge of Informatica is a plus
• Familiarity with Extraction, Transformation, and Loading (ETL tools) to facilitate loading large amounts of data
• Strong ETL design and development abilities
• PL-SQL and Stored Procedures to upload data from different sources

Unix OS

• Experience working with Unix servers
• Experience with Shell scripting

Database/Other

• Experience in the analysis, design, development, deployment & tuning of large scale databases
• Experience in the design and development of data warehousing
• Expert knowledge of SQL
• Ability to write and understand complex SQL required
• Query analysis and tuning experience (hints, explain plan, TKPROF)
• Expert knowledge of Oracle PL/SQL best practices and development methodologies or standards
• Stored Procedures, Packages, Triggers, Debugging, Tuning
• Data Warehousing experience a plus
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline or have equivalent experience

Desired Skills:

• Motivated self-starter
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work in a team environment where team conducts code and design reviews prior to implementation
• Ability to lead minor tasks and follow up on progress especially if depending on others to do their tasks

Qualifications

• 5 plus years experience with major DBMS
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