Job Description

bswift, an Aetna portfolio company, is a Chicago-based technology company that provides industry-leading benefits administration for employers and exchanges nationwide. We are currently looking for a Senior Architect to join our team in our Chicago, IL location.

 

Positon Summary: The successful candidate is responsible for directly supporting the daily administration of the Microsoft SQL Servers used at bswift Database Management and Data Warehouse environments, as well as the application databases used for EDI, Imports, Infrastructure and other business applications. Will provide technology strategy, direction, management and support to business systems delivery and maintenance. Will also help build bswift next generation platform for operational and Business Intelligence.

Fundamental Components

· Maintain and implements new databases for various bswift environments as production, Sandbox, QA, UAT, development or performance.

· Monitors capacity and performance for production and non-production databases to ensure they are highly reliable, efficient, cost effective, and provide the required functionality. 

· Seeks opportunities to improve database performance by identifying tuning measures and implementing them when appropriate. 

· Tests upgrades/new releases of database software and related products. Assesses impacts to customers and the database environment. 

· Plays major contributor role in the testing and evaluating of new database products and tools. This includes the determination of their applicability to the database environment. 

· Maintain, enhance, develop and administer complex ETL solutions using MS SQL Server 2016 SSIS packages as well as Microsoft Analysis Services cubes (including DMVs and dimensions). Ability to write complex DMX queries.

· Establish methods and procedures for tracking data quality, completeness, redundancy and improvement; and processes for governing the identification, collection and use of corporate metadata to assure metadata is accurate and valid in the business intelligence environments.

· Provides database problem resolution support, including off-hours coverage, based on required business service levels.

· Actively participate in day-to-day interactions with various cross-functional teams of developers, DBAs and associate product managers. 

· Evaluate and implement products and implement best-practices to enhance bswift Database Management and Data Warehouse solutions.

· Evaluate and implement products and implement best-practices to enhance bswift Database Management and Data Warehouse solutions.

· Analyzes designs, creates and implements databases, including access methods, device allocations, validation checks, organization and security.

· Designs data models, logical and physical databases, data dictionaries and schemas.

Background Experience

· 10+ years of experience developing, maintaining and administering Microsoft SQL Server databases.

· 5+ years of experience with other Microsoft SQL Server products (SSIS, SSAS, SSRS) as well as BI concepts.

· 2+ Yrs of experience in Graph DB Neo4J (noSQL) Database Engineering.