Role: Senior Oracle PL/SQL Developer
Location: Houston TX
Contract Duration: 6 months
A Senior Oracle PL/SQL Developer. This role involves designing, coding, and maintaining complex database systems, ensuring their performance, security, and reliability. 
This role is hybrid with two days a week onsite required.
 Required Skills & Experience 

• 15 years of experience in Software development
• 12 years of strong development experience using Oracle PL/SQL including experience using features like Analytical functions, Merge statements, WITH clause, Table partitioning, Job logging, Exception handling, and Performance tuning
• 12 years of experience in Oracle 12c or 19
• 5 years of experience in a Data Warehouse environment
• Strong Analytical skills to analyze and resolve data discrepancies
• Troubleshooting skills
• Strong Team Player
• Bachelor s degree in computer science, software engineering or relevant business discipline from an accredited four-year college or university or equivalent work experience

Daily Responsibilities

• Develop Oracle PL/SQL applications.
• Code packages, stored procedures, functions, objects, tables, views, and synonyms based on requirements. Understand functionality of existing applications and either incorporate new functionality to automate the calculations process or build new applications for the calculations process.
• Work with IT Technical Lead to understand requirements/technical design, understand the source tables and relationships, adhere to consistent coding/SVN standards, do code reviews, and provide daily status updates.
• Work with the Commissions analyst to understand the existing calculations process for each workstream and build, test, and UAT according to their expectations.
• Use Oracle Analytical functions, merge statements, WITH clause, oracle partitioning, job logging, exception handling, performance tuning, and so on in the Oracle PL/SQL code.
• Optimize code by following performance-tuning techniques considering the limitations of the current environment.
• Unit test, System test, Integration test, and Parallel test of the Oracle PL/SQL code. Use analytics skills to troubleshoot and resolve problems quickly
• Use SVN to maintain all database object scripts/source code. Follow versioning standards established by the team.
• Have the code reviewed with the Technical lead prior to moving the code to the QA environment
• Create ControlM/Redwood job documents, create Change requests, and work with ControlM/Redwood to get them created and scheduled.
• Use the ServiceNow ticketing system for opening, handling, and closing tickets and change requests.
• Follow SOX procedures for code deployment.
• Perform production support.
• Monitor batch processes daily/weekly/monthly and resolve job failures as quickly as possible.
• Work with ControlM/Redwood group on re-run/re-start instructions.
• Be willing to perform these off hours during weekdays and weekends.
• Fulfill ad-hoc requests for data pulls, updates, or minor enhancements.
• Work effectively in a team environment.
• Develop strong working relationships with team members, the Manager, Commissions team analysts, the DBA team, Project Manager, and other IT groups.
• Independently work on tasks without step-by-step Supervision
• Communicate progress or issues clearly either verbally or through email.
• Escalate issues or delays that would impact deadlines as early in the process as possible.