PBT Group has an urgent requirement in Durban for 3 SQL Developers with strong database development experience. These will be for initial 24 month contracts.
 
Duties:
Responsible for the design, development, testing, implementation and maintenance of new and existing data driven applications. 
 
Specific Responsibilities include:

• Liaise with business users to obtain business requirements and provide an analysis for the requirements.
• Research appropriate solutions and provide technical expertise and recommendations.
• Identify opportunities that can improve efficiency of business processes.
• Design components and applications in accordance with specified architectural design.
• Define scope, tasks and duration of the solution based on business requirements.
• Develop, enhance and maintain applications based on specifications received.
• Write well designed, efficient code according to technical specifications.
• Design and write test cases for developer testing and document the system specifications.
• Conduct necessary testing (Stress, Integration and Unit).
• Create the release by building the application, documenting it and setting up the configuration.
• Migrate applications into applicable environments.
• Conduct post implementation monitoring.
• Complete and maintain relevant documentation.

 
Skills Required:

• SQL
• Ideally experience with working on a retail merchandising / planning system called JustEnough.

 
Experience

• Five – ten years’ experience in Full-Stack application development   
• Expert level understanding of SQL and physical database implementations.
• Expert level understanding of application development.

 
Required Skills and Attributes:
- Strong understanding of application design principles and patterns
- Deep understanding of the following database principles:

• Relational algebra and its use in writing optimal queries and operations.  This includes:  set based operations (projection), natural joins, outer joins, Cartesian products.
• Indexing principles and selection.
• Data modelling techniques including normalisation.
• Concurrency – isolation and locks.
• Strategies for working with very large databases and tables.
• Interpreting execution plans, and using this to optimize the performance of existing operations in highly concurrent and high data volume systems.
• Practical experience implementing solutions with Microsoft SQL Server is preferable.

- Solid understanding of a modern, garbage collected language and platform:

• .Net or Java (.Net with C# experience preferable)
• Application design patterns and frameworks

- Business Analysis
- Analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving abilities
 
Qualifications:

• BSc in Computer Science or Engineering or a related degree

 
Competencies:

• Analytical
• Goal orientation
• Initiative
• Team work
• Communication
• Attention to detail
• Planning and organising
• Decision making
• Problem solving
• Innovation
• Technical experience
• Applying business knowledge
• Obtaining and processing information
• Service orientation