Database Developer Sr.

Profile

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) manages the flow of electric power to 23 million Texas customers - representing 85 percent of the state's electric load. As the independent system operator for the region, ERCOT schedules power on an electric grid that connects 40,500 miles of transmission lines and more than 550 generation units. ERCOT also performs financial settlement for the competitive wholesale bulk-power market and administers retail switching for 6.7 million premises in competitive choice areas. ERCOT is a membership-based 501(c)(4) nonprofit corporation, governed by a board of directors and subject to oversight by the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Texas Legislature. ERCOT's members include consumers, cooperatives, generators, power marketers, retail electric providers, investor-owned electric utilities (transmission and distribution providers), and municipal-owned electric utilities.
Summary of Responsibilities
Provides hands-on technical leadership for small to mid-sized teams tasked with design, development, and implementation of enterprise business intelligence solutions. Cover all tiers of the Enterprise Data Warehouse infrastructure such as design and development of database models, database replication, integration, web-enabled applications, data extraction and delivery methods, reporting foundations, and data presentation. Understands the methodologies and technologies that depict the flow of data within and between technology systems and business functions/operations.
Essential Job Duties
Analyzes and develops complex logical database designs, logical data models and relational data definitions in support of corporate and customer information systems requirements.
Identifies and resolves information flow, content issues and the transformation of business requirements into logical data models.
Designs and implements data quality and data auditing processes to reduce data redundancy and optimize performance of existing data structures.
Develops applications within existing architecture and under the guidelines of overall technical goals of the data warehousing team.
Assists in developing application components in support of data warehousing efforts using Oracle technology.
Interfaces with key groups in the company to ensure quality product delivery (examples: line managers, project managers, application and technical architects, usability engineers, other development groups, business end users, and external users as appropriate).
Serves as level 3 production support when needed
Possesses and maintains technical proficiency in the key technical areas like database query toolsets, capacity planning, tuning, multithreading, parallel query and web applications.
Stays apprised of emerging technologies with ability to use them.
Provides on-the-job training or oversee the work of other developers.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Job Competencies
Problem Solving
Technical Learning
Functional/Technical Skills
Communication(Written & Verbal)
Leadership
Education
Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems or Computer Science or related field or six years applicable experience is required.
Work Experience
Minimum of 5 years (in excess of degree requirements stated above) of progressively responsible information technology experience in developing databases, data modeling, data analysis, relational DBMS design and support and relevant computing environments.
Minimum of 5 years working with enterprise/conformed data warehouse implementations
Minimum of 3 years experience with multi-terabyte databases and associated structures
Minimum of 3 years experience with delivery utilizing business intelligence toolsets (i.e. Cognos, or Business Objects)
Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.
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