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Wolters Kluwer
  • Position Number: 3496062
  • Location: Coppell, TX
  • Position Type: Computer and Information Technology


Senior Product Software Engineer - Remote

Key Responsibilities:
  • Conduct code reviews for complex SQL scripts that are thousands of lines long
  • Employ SQL Schema compare technologies (SSDT dacpacs, Red-Gate, Apex-Sql) to detect schema drift & generate schema delta scripts
  • Maintain database build scripts; responsible for SQL Deployment process using Azure DevOps pipelines
  • Leverage an in depth understanding of MS SQL Server query plans to identify bottlenecks and recommend indexes/appropriate code changes
  • Maintain both Azure SQL Databases (SaaS) and Azure VMs running Microsoft SQL Server Developer & Enterprise Editions (PaaS)
  • Restore databases, run SQL and/or Powershell scripts against them
  • Employ solid knowledge of PowerShell that interface with Modules like 'DbaTools' or 'SqlServer' to make improvements to the deployment script generation process
  • Utilize advanced Git commands - in order to pull metadata from the Log History
  • Create and merge Git pull requests
  • Provide Deployment Support during Production Deployments; could be on weekends / off hours


Key Requirements
  • Show initiative and motivation to solve problems, adapt to changes, and follow through on tasks
  • Minimum of 5-7 years of experience - Microsoft SQL Server / T-SQL coding experience
  • Knowledge of SQL Window functions such as ROW_NUMBER(), PERCENTILE_CONT(), and NTILE()
  • Understand which situations are most appropriate to employing these functions
  • SQL query optimization - 3 months experience - indexing and performance tuning, including knowledge of when to recommend table re-design
  • Able to describe individual query plan operators and implications
  • Good communication and documentation skills
  • Experienced at using SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) (i.e. Visual Studio Database Projects, particular with a view towards deployments)
  • Solid understanding of Schema Comparison Tools (Red-Gate, Apex Sql, or SSDT)
  • PowerShell scripting knowledge, or willingness to become proficient
  • Expert "Git" knowledge, or willingness to become that expert; 3 years' experience using at least one kind of source code control systems (ex. TFS, Git, SVN/Subversion, Rational, Visual Source Safe or the like)
  • Ability to maintain a task list and shift to focusing on whatever's most important, when priorities change or one avenue of approach becomes blocked
  • Ability and grit to work independently with minimal direction
  • Understand the use of technology and how its implementation affects strategic business goals.
  • Bachelors in Computer Science or related.


Nice to Have
  • Azure DevOps Pipelines build/setup
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2019 version-specific experience
  • R or Python experience (for data science)
  • Power BI experience or other reporting tools
  • One or more years of experience of Microsoft Visual C#.NET
  • Familiarity with Azure Virtual Networks/Azure Configuration
  • Microsoft SQL Server Query Store experience
  • Visual Studio 2019 experience
  • Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) development experience
  • Entity Framework or Dapper experience
  • Docker virtualization experience
  • Develop the occasional application utility using C# and maintain existing utilities that employ WPF. We wish to utilize docker virtualization technologies in the future and will want to automate that in this type of utility.


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