MS SQL Developer (Senior)
Job Location:
Job Location:
Cape Town - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Monthly Salary:
Posted on:
7 hours ago
Posted on:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
Location: Cape Town Work Type: Hybrid Job ID: J107208
About our client:
Our client is a global investment advisory firm focusing on long-term value creation through investment strategies. They work with a diverse group of institutional partners and pride themselves on their collaborative sustainable inclusive culture and performance. You are welcome to go into the office daily or to take advantage of their hybrid in-office / remote benefit. This company places significant investment in employee wellness their benefits which are on top of generous basic salaries are industry leading in their generosity. Our client is large offering fantastic career development opportunities but also very dynamic they track as many metrics as possible in order to continuously improve - they spare no expense on the tools to do so. Automation AI and R&D are pillars of their business framework which ensures you should never be at risk of falling behind or getting stuck working with old legacy software. Culturally they are very cosmopolitan and diverse you will be working with the best globally.
What you will be doing:
- Design develop and optimize complex SQL Server database solutions. Write highly efficient scalable and maintainable T-SQL code including advanced stored procedures views functions and triggers.
- Deeply analyse execution plans troubleshoot complex performance issues and implement advanced indexing partitioning and query refactoring strategies to resolve critical bottlenecks in high-volume workloads.
- Design robust scalable relational data models (OLTP/3NF) and analytical structures optimised for data integrity low-latency data access and seamless reporting.
- Ensure solutions reduce impact on transactional systems by optimising data access patterns and separating operational and reporting workloads.
- Define and enforce strict standards for naming conventions database design and documentation; lead code reviews and champion SQL development best practices.
- Mentor junior developers and engineers on advanced SQL optimization and relational modelling practices. Work closely with backend application developers BI teams and business analysts to support data requirements.
- Assist with and maintain existing data ingestion processes providing SQL support for ETL/ELT pipelines and integrations where necessary.
What our client is looking for:
- 6 years of deep hands-on experience in complex T-SQL query development advanced stored procedures views user-defined functions and execution plan analysis.
- Proven track record of diagnosing and resolving severe performance bottlenecks related to locking blocking deadlocks and IO/memory optimization in large-scale SQL Server environments.
- Mastery of indexing strategies (clustered non-clustered columnstore filtered) and table partitioning to optimize massive datasets.
- Deep expertise in designing highly normalised relational models (3NF/OLTP) with a strong understanding of dimensional modelling (star/snowflake schemas) as a secondary benefit.
- Experience with ETL/ELT processes and data pipeline tools (e.g. SSIS Azure Data Factory dbt) is highly advantageous but considered a secondary requirement to core database development.
- Familiarity with Azure SQL Git Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines for databases or BI tools like Power BI/Tableau is a plus.
For a more comprehensive list of opportunities that we have on offer do visit our website - Engineering / Science Azure Data Factory (ADF) ETL/ELT Data Pipelines SQL Queries SQL Server Data Modelling BI Teams Investment Advisory
Required Skills:
Data Engineering / Science Azure Data Factory (ADF) ETL/ELT Data Pipelines SQL Queries SQL Server Data Modelling BI Teams Investment Advisory
