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  • If I may....

    That's not a job for one. That's a job for 4 people, or at least it reads that way. I'd be very cautious applying for that.

    Just a few extracts...

    Provide technical expertise in database design, development, and administration as well as integration with other technologies

    So you want an architect, developer and DBA all in one. That's going to turn a lot of people off straight away. I can fill one of those well and two poorly, at best.

    Develop, approve, and monitor detailed designs, specifications, and standards.

    Architecture job.

    Ensure continuous 24 x 7 x 365 database operation.

    By myself?

    Solid knowledge of ETL processes and techniques using SSIS

    Make that architect, database developer, DBA and ETL developer.

    It looks like no one proof-read that ad, it's duplicated half way down. There's also very strange English in several places (Experience monitoring and fine-tuning system performance and optimizing SQL code.). "Experienced in" would read better.

    My suggestion (and feel free to ignore me), go through that and decide what you absolutely must have and what's nice to have. Then revise the ad and break down the absolute musts from the nice to haves, make it clear what's optional.

    p.s.

    Good math skills (add, subtract, multiply, and divide).

    No calculators?

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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