Birch Decker Solutions

SQL Server DBA $85-105K+

6+ years of Microsoft SQL Server experience
• Excellent understanding and experience with all of the following: SQL Server configuration and maintenance; SQL Server performance tuning; and T-SQL coding and optimization
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skil...ls
• Excellent team player and team builder
• ... Read MoreExhibits a proactive approach towards issue identification and resolution
• Ability to work with minimal supervision in a very dynamic and timeline sensitive work environment
• Previous SQL experience in a high availability environment desired
• Previous SQL DR/BC planning desired
• Previous software development experience desired
• BI / Data Warehousing experience a plus
• Knowledge of Microsoft ASP web application architecture a plusRead More

Summary: Responsible for planning and managing programs that include a mix of tactical and strategic projects of high complexity, cost and impact, that affect multiple business units, and usually include more than 100 project team members.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Analyzes historical data, identifies area...s for improvement and makes recommendations to improve estimates.
• Manages project initiation activities that include identifying contractual obligations, client needs and goals, existing situation, necessary contacts, and access to existing information as needed.
• Reviews plans to determine costs, timeline, funding, staffing requirements and goals.
• Develops project plans outlining project scope, activities, schedules, deadlines and cost/time estimates.
• Develops and presents major reports or presentations that have substantial technical or business impact internally or externally.
• Assigns project team members to various project activities.
• Manages project risks, issues/problems, and activity progress to ensure project goals (e.g., deadline, scope and quality) are achieved. Assists with problem resolution or risk mitigation as needed.
• Coordinates activities and tasks among project team members, other internal departments and client organizations as needed to meet project goals.
• Seeks and develops more productive and effective ways to complete assigned tasks. Ensures fit with timeline, architecture and user needs.
• Conducts project closure activities to formalize and communicate the project acceptance, handover ongoing activities to accountable teams and complete a post implementation review to identify areas of improvement or that worked well.
• Builds strong, collaborative relationships and takes ownership of key initiatives across business levels and functions.
• Recommends and proposes additional services during consulting assignments as deficiencies or needs are discovered.
• May oversee and coordinate proposal preparation and delivery and validate proposal content.
• Improves department documentation standards or guidelines by making recommendations that result in cost or time savings.
• Provides training and some direction for project management team as needed.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Complexity of Work: Non-routine; general policies applied to frequently changing situations.

Education: Bachelor’s degree from a four year college or university in a related discipline.

Experience: 6-10 years experience in project management including 3 years experience managing complex projects; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Project management certification or the equivalent required.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Extensive knowledge and experience leveraging IT methodology best practices (i.e., CMM) and plays a leadership role to provide feedback for continuous process improvement
• Extensive knowledge and skill in project management standards, processes, procedures and guidelines, and recommends improvements to realize efficiencies
• Knowledge and experience with company’s procurement management processes (e.g., acquiring goods and services, selecting and managing internal and/or external resources)
• Knowledge and experience with company’s budgeting and forecasting processes
• Extensive knowledge and promotion of the importance using appropriate, agreed-upon industry standards to achieve the business goals
• Advanced skill in the use of project management software to manage projects (e.g., MS Project and auxiliary tools, such as earned value database, audit tools, project repository, including risk, issues and action items database, SLIM Estimate, Metrics and Control, PlanView, Platinum Process Continuum)
• Skill in using a breadth of project experience and project management expertise to effectively transfer knowledge to any project situation (i.e., ranging from internal to conversions to software development projects)
• Skill in leveraging knowledge and experience using the industry project management best practices (i.e., PMBOK) to play a leadership role by providing feedback for continuous process improvement
• Skill in interviewing and conducting assessments to partner with clients and project teams to create an open, comfortable and win-win environment
• Skill in clearly defining with key stakeholders the project requirements that reflect clients’ business, fiscal, and functional objectives
• Skill in communicating how company can add value to the client’s business through a comprehensive understanding of client’s business issues, priorities and direction
• Demonstrated skill in managing budgets and timelines of small to large-sized projects
• Skill in managing change to project scope
• Skill in analysis, problem solving and the implementing effective solutions
• Skill in innovation/creativity
• Demonstrated ability to take leadership to define requirements for project risk management plans and to hold project managers accountable for adhering to them
• Ability to coach others in skills required to plan and estimate resource needs of complex projects
• Ability to oversee the development of schedules that result in on-time releases of large and complex projects
• Ability to use a variety of company and industry sources to assess and predict trends in estimating the resource needs of complex and large projects
• Ability to reach agreement with key stakeholders on project approaches and decision-making
• Ability to facilitate the resolution of complex and controversial issues
• Ability to understand and comply with the terms and conditions of the contract(s) within own area of responsibility; works with other to resolve contractual issues as they are identified
• Ability to establish and implement program plan structures while maintaining continuity and consistency across multiple plans within a program
• Ability to understand the clients’ needs, establish credibility and build effective relationships with client contacts
• Ability to bring about successful resolution to high impact and/or complex and/or chronic and/or cross-functional problems
• Ability to maintain and coordinate productivity and to effectively manage workloads
• Ability to set clear expectations, manage team performance and build high morale among team members
• Ability to consistently set challenging goals and hold self and others firmly to timetables for accomplishing goals/tasks despite obstacles
• Ability to deal with internal and external clients with tact and diplomacy
• Ability to accept and facilitate change
• Ability to demonstrate teamwork and manage conflict
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, clients and public
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