Software Consultant - Strong SQL, Web Services

Our fast-growing software client is the data virtualization gold standard at ten of the top 20 banks, six of the top ten pharmaceutical companies, four of the top five energy firms, major media and technology organizations, and multiple government agencies. These are among the hundreds of global organizations with disparate, complex information environments that use their data virtualization platform to increase their data agility, cut costs and reduce risk. Backed by nearly a decade of pioneering RandD, our client is the data virtualization performance leader, scaling from project to enterprise for data federation, data warehouse extension, data virtualization layer architectures and cloud data integration.

With annual growth greater than 50% each year of 2008 and 2009, large enterprise demand for our client's industry leading Data Virtualization solutions continues to accelerate. They are looking for an enthusiastic Professional Services Consultant to help customers successfully utilize their software. You will be identifying and solving customer problems and presenting technical concepts which map customer needs to current and future product offerings.
Responsibilities include: Provide technical expertise to customers implementing leading edge integration and data virtualization software. Performing high visibility proof of concept implementations at customer sites Providing technical expertise to the sales force as they develop new prospects Presenting technical concepts and mapping customer needs to current and future product offerings Providing product feedback to Product Marketing and Engineering Required Skills: Database In-depth knowledge and experience with data base concepts, architectures, and deployments. This person is most valuable if they have straddled the line between DBA and developer and have in-depth experience with one of the following: Oracle DB2
Additionally, extensive hands-on experience writing stored procedures in these systems is important, especially if used in conjunction with scripting languages such as: PL/SQL T-SQL Java Solid Java or OO programming skills required. Development level expertise is a plus. Solid knowledge of JDBC OS UNIX/Linux/Windows Hands-on, ability to trouble-shoot and debug product installations. Scripting for UNIX/Linux UNIX/Linux system Admin skills a plus Web Services Understanding of web services and associated protocols/standards/specifications: SOAP WSDL XSLT XML Other: 5+ years post-sales or software consulting experience History of success in large, complex implementations Experience mapping business requirements to technology capabilities Ability to take ownership of an issue and lead disparate parties to a timely resolution Hands-on experience with ETL, data migrations, and open source tools desiredHands-on experience with web services and associated protocols/standards/ specifications - SOAP, WSDL, XSLT, XML Excellent verbal and written communications skills in English University degree in engineering or computer science Flexibility to travel up to 60% to client sites and work from home office Must be authorized to work in US