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Job order - J0917-1866 - Permanent Full Time
Title Sybase DBA
Category Database Administration
City Reston, Virginia, United States

Job Description Sybase DBA

Position Description
CGI is looking for a Sybase DBA to join our team in Reston, VA supporting one of the largest financial services industry clients in the area. This role will be a part of the Database team which focuses on Sybase, but is in an Oracle and SQL environment.


Your future duties and responsibilities
Design, structure, and maintain one or more discrete databases used by business units or infrastructure units. Test, quality control, and performance tune data to ensure its integrity and reliability. Confer with business unit and technical staff regarding extracting data for particular reports. Monitor or accomplish refreshing of data and installation and testing of new releases or patches of database software.



KEY JOB FUNCTIONS

1. Maintains responsibility for analysis of Sybase / SQL code and development where changes are necessary. Tunes queries / stored procedures, indexes, and other database elements.

2. Develops or maintains stored procedures, including designing, coding, testing, debugging, and installing.

3. Ability to follow software development methodologies, including working through business requirements and designs with IT partners.

4. Reviews and enhances existing Sybase / SQL code to improve performance and ensure application meets industry-standard specifications.

5. Interfaces with partners throughout systems to determine impacts of software changes.

6. Confer with application development staff or project management staff regarding task definitions and schedules for substantial projects involving database(s).

7. Plan and design database changes necessary for data conversion, tool configuration, data refresh or migration or other initiatives related to large application development project.

8. Troubleshoot or confer with others troubleshooting errors or production problems involving databases to determine causes and proposed solutions.



Required qualifications to be successful in this role
- 6+ years of Sybase development experience with strong command of SQL, stored procedures, triggers, etc.

- strong experience with Sybase 12.x ; 15.x ; ASE, Rep server; scripting

- Experience with data and batch loading processes.

- Strong Data Modeling and Database design skills

- Experience with Data warehouses and transactional databases

- Proficiency with optimization techniques

- Thorough understanding of software development life cycle - Knowledge of Oracle is a plus

- Must have experience administering databases in a large environment for complex computer systems.

- Must have proficiency in design, administration, implementation, upgrades, monitoring and database tuning that ensures the application runs efficiently and reliably.

- Strong communication skills

- Candidate should have ability to work independently

Requires a Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or other related degree or Higher.



It is an extraordinary time to be in business. As digital transformation continues to accelerate, CGI is at the center of this change—supporting our clients’ digital journeys and offering our professionals exciting career opportunities.

At CGI, our success comes from the talent and commitment of our professionals. As one team, we share the challenges and rewards that come from growing our company, which reinforces our culture of ownership. All of our professionals benefit from the value we collectively create.

Be part of building one of the largest independent technology and business services firms in the world.

Learn more about CGI at www.cgi.com.

No unsolicited agency referrals please.

CGI is an equal opportunity employer.

All CGI offers of employment in the U.S. are contingent upon the ability to successfully complete a background investigation. Background investigation components can vary dependent upon specific assignment and/or level of US government security clearance held. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, sex, religion, creed, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, medical condition, military and veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, and gender expression, familial status, political affiliation, genetic information, or any other legally protected status or characteristics. CGI will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with CGI’s legal duty to furnish information.




Skills
  • Sybase SQL Server

Reference 575604

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