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Microsoft Services is looking for Senior Consultants who have a mix of advanced technology and strategic business acumen. The role requires both broad and deep technology knowledge and the ability to architect solutions by mapping common customer business problems to reusable end-to-end technology solutions. Demonstrated ability to engage in senior level technology decision maker discussions related to agility, business value, and end to end information technology security is also a must. Senior Consultants are key enablers for other consultants and partner staff. They manage the complete lifecycle of large and complex projects. Senior Consultants have a passion for the customer which is demonstrated through professionalism and striving for excellence in all aspects of the customer experience.
The Senior Consultant applies advanced analysis skills and experience in principals of software design to define appropriate customer solutions. To be credible he or she must have current and deep experience with implementation of large software systems. Senior Consultants are expected to maintain effective product group relationships. Understanding of competitive technology enables the Senior Consultant to properly assess feasibility of migrating customer solutions from, and/or integrating with customer solutions hosted on, non-Microsoft platforms. Advanced domain knowledge in one or more vertical industry is also an asset.
The Senior Consultant applies advanced analysis skills and experience in principals of software design to define appropriate customer solutions. To be credible he or she must have current and deep experience with implementation of large software systems. Senior Consultants are expected to maintain effective product group relationships. Understanding of competitive technology enables the Senior Consultant to properly assess feasibility of migrating customer solutions from, and/or integrating with customer solutions hosted on, non-Microsoft platforms. Advanced domain knowledge in one or more vertical industry is also an asset. Expert level knowledge in several of the following areas is required:
· Demonstrated experience with SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005
· Demonstrate migration experience from competitive products to SQL and SQL release migrations
· Perform SQL programming of complex stored procedures, functions, views and triggers
· Knowledge and experience with data modeling tools
· Perform necessary database maintenance and database software upgrades, i.e., security patches, database upgrades…
· Monitor databases to assure proper performance levels are met
· Lead database design; identify data sources to support the business needs for customers
· Establish and maintain backup and recovery policies and procedures
· Implement and maintain database security (create and maintain users and roles, assign privileges)
· Setup and maintain documentation and standards
· Work as part of a team and may be required by our clients to work beyond an 8 hour day for support
· Do general technical trouble shooting and give consultation to development teams
· Interface between customer and Microsoft Corporation for technical support
· Mentor associates in database technology and architecture
· Demonstrated experience in the area of performance and tuning of applications by optimizing SQL, stored procedures and triggers
· Demonstrated experience in SQL Server Programmability including T-SQL, ADO.NET, OLEDB, SNAC, ODBC, SQL XML, XQuery/XPath
· Demonstrated experience in Core RDBMS subjects including RDBMS internals, architecture and tuning, performance and scalability, replication, notification services, HA including clustering, SAN and 32/64 bit SQL
· Familiarity with .NET, Object Oriented Programming, C#, ASP, Visual Studio, Java
· Familiarity with competitive products, technologies and solutions, including UNIX, Linux, Mainframes, J2EE/J2SE, Oracle, Sybase, DB2, Business Objects, SAP, PeopleSoft, Informatica, Crystal Reports.
The Senior Consultant helps customer account teams identify, pursue and close strategic business development opportunities while continually driving add-on business within existing projects. To accomplish this, Senior Consultants must be effective in fostering executive level relationships. They also play a key role in employing and developing partners as part of the overall Microsoft services delivery model. When asked, senior consultants help translate business requirements into technology requirements for inclusion in contracts and/or statements of work (SOW). In some cases Senior Consultants will also assist in contract negotiations.
The Senior Consultant must have proven experience managing projects through the entire project lifecycle. This includes managing multi-phase/multi-dimensional/multi-resource projects to conclusion while maintaining high customer satisfaction. The role requires an individual who is resourceful, confident under pressure, and has demonstrated skill in both crisis management and expectation management.
The successful candidate will have a BS/BA degree or equivalent work experience combined with a minimum of 8 years relevant working experience including expertise in enterprise architecture as well as infrastructure deployment and/or distributed system implementation.
Travel is an integral part of this position as are high levels of recognition and visibility. Travel can be as high as 50% as is demanded by the needs of our customers and our business. Position locations are flexible and can be located near major airports on the East Coast.
If you are interested in this position, please contact James with job code NJSQL:
James Miller
Staffing Consultant
Microsoft Enterprise Services
(919) 821-9309
jamemill@microsoft.com
www.microsoft.com/careers
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