Summary: Seeking a highly motivated Senior SQL Developer to drive the development, operations, and optimization of a highly loaded MS SQL database for a trading system. Highlights: 1. Design and engineer highly loaded mission-critical MS SQL Server databases 2. Develop and optimize queries and stored procedures 3. Provide mentoring and leadership as a technical escalation point Currently, we are looking for a **Remote Senior SQL Developer** to join our team. At the core of the Trading System, there is an MS SQL database, which is highly loaded and maintains complex business logic. We are looking for a highly motivated and talented Senior MS SQL Server DB Engineer to drive the development, operations, and performance monitoring and optimization of this database. **Responsibilities** * Provide Design \& Engineering expertise for a highly loaded mission critical MS SQL Server database * Automate build and operations functionality, delivered through in\-house and third party tools to achieve uninterrupted DBMS Operations * Develop new and optimize performance of existing queries and stored procedures * Provide database best practices \& standards, performance testing and R\&D to application developers * Provide mentoring and leadership and act as technical escalation point for DBA’s and software engineers **Requirements** * 3\+ years experience as an MS SQL Server Database DBA (plan, build, operate) and/or SQL Developer in mission\-critical multi\-TB database environments * Experience with Engineering and Automating large transactional and analytical database systems with exacting availability, security, and performance SLAs including design, coding, unit testing, and release management * Experience with other data platforms: Azure SQL, NoSQL, Data and Software Migration off RDBMS, AWS DBs (e.g., RDS) * Experience with SQL Server database internals * Experience with SQL Server stack on virtualized platforms * Experience with T\-SQL, PowerShell Azure scripting * Knowledge of database architectural design and performance assessments * Strong written, oral, and presentation skills * Self\-motivation and the ability to learn and apply new technologies in a fast\-paced environment