Database Analyst Senior (Development, Design, Build And Integrate)

Position Type : Full time
Type Of Hire : Experienced (relevant combo of work and education)
Education Desired : Bachelor of Computer Science
Travel Percentage : 0%
Are you curious, motivated, and forward-thinking? At FIS you’ll have the opportunity to work on some of the most challenging and relevant issues in financial services and technology. Our talented people empower us, and we believe in being part of a team that is open, collaborative, entrepreneurial, passionate and above all fun.
What you will be doing

• Provide database technical leadership across a 70 person strong full stack development team.
• Design and implement the database strategy for a global multi-tenant cloud based SaaS solution, with a focus on quality, performance, reliability, security and cost.
• Provide database architectural input and guidance across multiple development teams and projects.
• Engage with teams providing input to application and database design, delivery of working code samples and framework level changes, as well as mentoring and code review.
• Work through support and performance issues, identifying bottlenecks and optimisation opportunities in both application code and SQL.
• Solve, hand on, complex database related coding problems. Through your work, set the standard for the wider team.
• Work closely with the operations team, providing input on server deployment, configuration, scaling and management; performance metrics and monitoring; and the management of database health.
• Work with senior team members on projects such as: utilise additional cloud native technologies; improve the integration of database structure into source control; separate database upgrades from code deployment; and improve the end to end build, test and deployment pipeline.
• Other related duties assigned as needed.

What you bring
Technical experience

• 7+ years working in a professional development environment
• 3+ years being a technical lead
• Excellent understanding of Microsoft SQL Server 2019 / 2022
• Excellent understanding of the delivery of SQL in Azure, particularly SQL Managed Instances
• Excellent understanding of T-SQL programming
• Strong knowledge of C# on the .NET 4.8 Framework
• Experience in conceptual, logical and physical design of databases

• Experience in performance tuning and troubleshooting database performance issues and recommending solutions.
• Experience of scaling database solutions through techniques such as replication, partitioning, clustering and sharding

Personal attributes

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills targeting both technical and non-technical audiences
• Willingly share relevant technical and industry knowledge and expertise to other resources, including through training and mentoring
• Exceptional analytical skills with the ability to analyse and interpret business needs, and to provide constructive input into the development and technology solutions
• Excellent time management skills with the ability to work with multiple teams on multiple projects in parallel
• Be resourceful and proactive in gathering information and sharing ideas
• Take a delivery focused pragmatic approach

Experience attributes

• Enthusiastic to work in an agile environment
• Exposure to DevOps and CI/CD model of development
• Exposure to platform operations and production environments
• Exposure to cloud data platforms such as Snowflake
• Experience with PostgreSQL and the migration from SQL Server
• Exposure to database alternatives like Elasticsearch
• Experience with financial service solutions
• Exposure to the world of corporate treasury

What we offer
At FIS you have the opportunity to make your mark in the Fintech industry and work with industry leaders.

• Flexible hybrid work model
• Diverse and collaborative atmosphere with personal and professional development opportunities
• Great remuneration package with medical insurance and employee share scheme
• Contribution to the future of Fintech
• Always-on growth environment
• Collaborative office environment
• Opportunity to give back for your result.

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