ITRON www.itron.com

Job Details:
Description

Itron Technical Consultants are consultants with experience in the technologies required to run Itron products, for example: SQL Server, Oracle, IIS, web services and Windows and UNIX operating systems. Technical Consultants manage the installation, configuration and system test of Itron software products; they design and develop/modify interfaces (adapters and web services) using XML, C# and other appropriate technologies. Technical Consultants will work with system administrators to determine the proper configuration and sizing of the hardware, networking and software environment.

Specific database skill areas include:

•  Implement, monitor, upgrade, test, troubleshoot, repair and support/perform disaster recovery of database systems, specifications and applications at Itron and customer locations.
•  Propose and implement database operations and support procedure automation.
•  Define and maintain system standards, reliability and performance requirements for customer and Itron production operations.
•  Keep DB versions up-to-date and assist in certifying front end applications to these versions.
•  Monitor and tune database performance parameters.
•  Determine space storage requirements for growing databases and proposed database schema changes.
•  Apply security measures.
•  Adhere to database standards, documentation and naming conventions to ensure consistency in database creation and processes.
•  Document all database related processes.
•  Develop queries and reports.

Duties & Responsibilities

•  Support onsite and in-house technical solutions for projects.
•  Present solutions to customers.
•  Communicate both written and verbal activities with customers and Itron Project Managers to meet specified project deadlines.
•  Train solutions for customers.
•  Employ effective interpersonal communication.

Preferred Computer Skills

•  Database Software: Oracle, SQL, Pervasive
•  Development Software: C#, .Net, XML
•  Internet Software: ASP, HTML, Java
•  Microsoft Office: MS Office, Outlook, PowerPoint, MS Project, Visio

Qualifications

Experience: This position requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience
Education: Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent experience.
Travel: Greater than 75%