Sr. SQL Server Database Developer

US Bank • Minneapolis, MN

420d • $105,400 - $124,000

About The Position

The Senior SQL Server Database Developer/Administrator at U.S. Bank plays a crucial role in the Treasury Management team, focusing primarily on database development and administration. This position involves gathering business requirements, designing database structures, writing SQL code, and collaborating with the web development team. The role also includes monitoring database performance, conducting testing, and providing training, ensuring that the databases effectively support the applications being developed.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
• At least 6 years' experience with tools, facilities, and techniques for managing and administering data
• 3+ years' experience performing Database Development and Administration (preferably SQL Server)
• 2+ years experience working on a development team, gathering requirements, designing and building databases, and testing application and database processes
• Experience in setting up backups, restores, recovery models, database shrink operations, and DBCC commands
• Experience working with Windows server, including Active Directory
• Experience with installing and configuring SQL Servers and applying service packs as needed
• Experience troubleshooting and resolving database integrity issues, performance issues, blocking and deadlocking, connectivity issues, and security issues
• Ability to work closely with application development personnel to ensure database design and structure align with application needs

Nice To Haves

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work in a rapidly changing environment
• Ability to multi-task and context-switch effectively between different activities and teams
• Flexible, team player with a 'get-it-done' personality

Responsibilities

• Monitoring and maintaining the databases that support applications being developed
• Making enhancements to certain applications supported by the group within the bank
• Performing additional server maintenance to ensure the operating system is up to standard
• Gathering business requirements and designing database structures
• Writing SQL code and collaborating with the web development team
• Handling testing, reporting, backup, and restores
• Monitoring performance and assisting application developers with performance issues and application bugs

Benefits

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
• Basic term and optional term life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Pregnancy disability and parental leave
• 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan
• Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)
• Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities
• Adoption assistance
• Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Credit Intermediation and Related Activities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree