Job#: 2037299

Job Description:

SQL Database Engineer - SQL & Qlik/Power BI/Tableau - Remote EST - Direct Hire - $100k-$115k/YR

Apex Systems, America's second largest technical staffing firm, has an opening for a FULLY REMOTE

SQL Database Engineer

with a growing client in the Virginia area. This is a fast-paced environment offering professional growth and long term stability.

Title: SQL Database Developer

Location: 100% Remote

Duration: Perm - Direct Hire

Job Summary

SQL Developers design and implement tailored configurations to the product to meet the business needs of specific customers. They work with customer-facing Implementation team members to understand business requirements and create sustainable solutions that address these needs. They also maintain existing configurations and troubleshoot problems when necessary.

Duties and Responsibilities
  • Collaborate with other members of the professional services team to ensure great, maintainable solutions to customer needs
  • Develop technical designs that meet complex requirements as well as being scalable, performant, secure, reliable, maintainable, and user-friendly
  • Effectively communicate designs to technical stakeholders
  • Implement high quality technical solutions to meet requirements or resolve configuration defects on customer instances
  • Support upgrades of the product, reconfiguring where necessary to deliver the same customer outcomes
  • Investigate and troubleshoot customer support issues
  • Follow the Development processes, including but not limited to:
  • Scrum rituals (huddles, sprint planning, retrospective, demo, grooming)
  • Code standards
  • Technical documentation
  • Support continuous improvement and high technical standards by participating in design and code reviews and other best practices
  • Help develop project plans and deliver releases on time by identifying necessary tasks and dependencies, estimating timelines, and completing milestones in alignment with project plan
  • Identify and implement technology and process improvements that improve the product or development process
  • Clearly and professionally communicate status, risks, impediments, recommendations, and concerns


Requirements and Qualifications
  • 3+ years of strong Visualization and Reporting experience
  • Sharp Thinker, Think on their feet
  • Curious in nature and Student mentality
  • 3+ years experience with (STRONG) relational database development (SQL)
  • 3+ years experience with Scripting or other process development
  • Experience developing for Integrations
  • Strong software development skills and the knowledge and ability to overcome technical challenges
  • Knowledge of best practices for software engineering and Agile software development life cycles, including coding standards, code reviews, design patterns, testing, etc.
  • Excellent communication skills and willingness to work closely with other members of the PSO, development, and product teams to drive resolution of problems
  • Demonstrate initiative, strong work ethic, and accountability
  • Demonstrate planning, organization, and time management
  • Demonstrate accuracy, thoroughness, and attention to detail
  • Self-motivated, proactive, results-oriented professional with ability to work independently within a large team


  • Ideally for this role, candidate will demonstrate experience with: Qlik Development
  • Customer-specific implementation development that has successfully gone live with customers, ideally for highly available SaaS applications
  • Engaging with customer-facing teams to develop requirements and designs that address market needs
  • Troubleshooting and resolving technical issues, including remote troubleshooting and support
  • Finance in a business context
  • Managing large data volumes, both for processing and display
  • ServiceNow Administration or Development


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Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Professional Services Developer