Senior Software Engineer (*Sybase/SQL)

Job Title: Senior Software Engineer (*Sybase/SQL)//GEJP00022777
Duration: 3 months temp to perm
Location: Chicago, IL
 
Description:
The Senior Software Engineer has responsibilities extending to the design and development of software within the P&L. 
 
Duties include (but are not limited to): 
• Working closely with systems and product management teams in requirements gathering and software design 
• Design, build and maintenance of our Linux server environments across product releases 
• Ensure availability and performance of Sybase database environments that support multiple critical applications. 
• Ensure associated hardware resources are optimally allocated to the database servers. 
• Proactively monitor the database environments to ensure secure services with minimum downtime. 
• Provide trend analysis and database documentation / reports to management team to enable them to make informed decisions regarding resource management and availability of the systems. 
• Troubleshoot and problem solve issues related to the Sybase environments. 
• Responsible for improvement and maintenance of the databases to include patching and upgrades. 
• Responsible for implementation and release of database changes to support the application development teams in both the development and production environments. 
• Perform migration of database components from/to DEV, QA, and Production in support of Development teams. 
• Review vendor database requirements & recommendations, and implement optimal and secure solutions. 
• Must be able to work independently and collaboratively across multiple teams 
 
Qualifications: 
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related computer field 
• 5+ years’ experience developing software for complex systems or computerized products 
• Experience with Sybase and/or SQL database 
• Experience in Database Deployment, tuning, development, testing 
• Expertise in Linux (BASH) scripting languages 
• Experience installing, configuring, and maintaining server 
• Familiarity with storage systems 
 
Preferred Qualifications: 
1. Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related computer field 
2. Cloud environments such as AWS database Services would be plus 
3. Sybase database administration 
4. Experience in/with the following: design, setup, installation, and implementation of databases in large scale environments; routine database maintenance including backups, restores, re-indexing, integrity checks, jobs, alerts, processes, etc. 
5. Experience with SQL coding and SQL tuning for optimum performance of queries 
6. Experience with Sybase on Linux would be a plus 
7. Being self-sufficiency and using initiative working on database-related projects 
8. Implementing and documenting database processes such as component migration, failover, and disaster recovery models Demonstrated knowledge of: 
9. Database design principles, practices and methods 
10. Security/permission standards 
11. Database Encryption techniques 
12. Database query tools 
13. SQL tuning; database indexing 
14. Database disaster recovery techniques 
15. Database replication Evidence of: 
16. Certificates from recognized programs that indicate mastery of Sybase tools and techniques. 
17. Effective verbal and written communication skills.
 
Thanks, 
Amit Sehdev
APN Software Services Inc.
Direct: 510-402-1061 | Fax: 510-623-5055 | Amit@apninc.com

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