5+ years experience
SQL Server 2014 and above experience.
Performance tuning and experience looking at execution plans
Great understanding of how to store large text data elements in SQL Server
Deep understanding of text search features in SQL server
Expert level skills in writing T-SQL based stored procedures, functions and other data objects.
Good understanding of various SQL server tool suite (SSIS, SSRS) etc.
Experience working XML and excel data would be great.