ETL / Database conversion Specialist - 3-6+ month Contract - Chicago

ETL / Database conversion Specialist - 3-6+ month Contract - Chicago
Job Code: OT2-Mat

Location: Chicago, IL
Compensation: Market

Description:

Would you like to work with a small company with a very unique business
model based on intellectual Property Assets (patents)? There are currently 6
terabytes of data in a SQL Server database which is being converted to a
PostgreSQL database.

The design and performance challenges are many. One current program runs for
30+ days - and it needs to be run at least weekly. Some of the analyses
involve calculations with 2+ billion rows. Current data is in multiple
formats including some old unstructured text-based. Work also includes
re-doing current SQL Server stored procedures

The background that you will need to be successful in this role includes:

* 5+ years working with large databases (conversion, loading,
performance issues, [preferably in a large data warehouse environment
* Extensive experience in Open Source environments (Linux, Perl, C,
MySQL, etc)
* Must have experience with very large databases

To apply for this position, please send your resume and contact information
to: careers(at)matrixx-group(dot)com
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