Beschreibung
For our customer - a midsize financial services company - we are looking for aConceptually strong IT Database Architect
Our customers business consists of two fully independent product streams, running on separate systems of which one is an outdated mainframe solution. This mainframe technology however contains certain specialties that are not covered by the newer environment. The main goal of the project is the migration of functionality and - at a later stage - customer data from theses mainframes to a state of the art MS SQL Server 2012 DB environment, that supports C#.Net and Sharepoint functionality. The newer environment running on MS SQL Server 2008 will eventually be updated to 2012, depending on the BI functionality that is required by the Business.
Tasks:
Develop data models for applications, metadata tables, views or related database structures.
Develops database solutions by designing proposed system; defining database physical structure and functional capabilities, security, back-up, and recovery specifications.
Develop implementation strategies that preserve the availability, performance, integrity, stability, and scalability of systems, consistent with cost constraints.
Review technical designs
Develop design standards and guidelines, and mentor other architects and engineers on best practices.
Define deliverables with our customers IT engineering department
Skills:
4+ years' experience as a Database Architect, with concentration around operational enterprise persistency
Database Design, Data Maintenance, Database Security, Database Management Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Information Technology
Must be well versed in and have experience with software development and QA standards, IT policies and procedures, and technology standards
Ability to think on an enterprise level; be forward looking
MS SQL Server know how would be a plus
Know how in the financial industry, know how in the credit card area would be a plus.
Good skills in large scale IBM infrastructure environment, i.e. MQ Series, Websphere...
Collaboration Experience with C#.Net and Sharepoint development teams as well as MS SQL Database Engineering teams are a must
English skills are a must
Good German skills are a great asset
This is a 80%-100% contract, i.e. 4 to 5 days week, depending on workload. The duration of this contract will be 8 months minimum.