[Hiring] Senior Database Developer @Weill Cornell Medical College

Role Description

Responsible for development and oversight of the business analytics portfolio of database assets, including Snowflake/SQL data marts, custom views and stored procedures used by the business analysts in the development of Power BI dashboards, monitoring reports, business plans and ad-hoc analysis. Acts as technical liaison and consultant to Database Development team and Business Intelligence teams, as well as maintaining relationships with internal and external network partners in a value-add relationship.

Job Responsibilities

• Develops/manages database using a variety of database management tools with ability to convert existing databases.
• Creates solutions to automate everyday processes; manages data; creates macros to automate tasks.
• Responsible for application design, development, coding for enhancements and fixes, testing, and performance tuning.
• Serves as technical lead for reporting/data analysis services. Creates, runs, maintains and documents reports on an as-needed basis.
• Manages active directory security.
• Works with project teams to determine the feasibility and requirements on assigned projects.
• Works closely with senior management, project managers, and clients to sustain a pragmatic and aggressive release plan for all projects.
• As needed, creates, maintains, and integrates interfaces and web services for new and existing data sources and applications.
• Defines architecture and standards for web services and interfaces.
• Uses and helps to define best practices in all areas of software/application development, including design, coding, documentation, testing & implementation.
• Evaluates/documents techniques in support of improving the way services are produced and delivered.
• Produces and maintains comprehensive, usable documentation per project.
• Creates and performs unit and acceptance tests on all newly developed or modified code.
• Leads peer code reviews.
• Maintains source code in appropriate repositories.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in related field.
• Approximately 4 years of related experience.
• Demonstrable expertise in working with and integrating databases (Snowflake or MS SQL) into web applications and/or into designated data warehouses.
• Expertise with standard tools used in software development, including IDEs, issue trackers, version control systems, and data modeling tools.
• Familiarity with application development life cycle methodologies needed to support integration of software applications.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to gain knowledge of and master new technologies quickly and thoroughly.
• Ability to multitask, communicate clearly, work independently, provide accurate time estimates, and maintain rigorous attention to detail.

Working Conditions/Physical Demands

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