Sr. Oracle SQL Analyst

Primary Duties And Responsibilities • This position primarily works with large, normalized Oracle transactional databases and is responsible for extracting, validating, analyzing, automating, and maintaining operational data. • This is not a traditional Business Intelligence or Dashboard Development position. Approximately 70-80% of the work involves writing Oracle SQL and PL/SQL directly against transactional databases. • Able to independently analyze business requirements, determine the appropriate database tables and relationships needed to answer complex business questions, and develop SQL solutions from scratch without relying on pre-built analytical tables, semantic models, visual query builders, or AI-generated SQL. • Develop, maintain, and optimize complex Oracle SQL and PL/SQL programs. • Write simple and complex SQL queries from scratch against normalized Oracle transactional databases. • Analyze business requirements and determine the appropriate tables, relationships, joins, and business rules needed to answer complex business questions. • Extract, validate, transform, and analyze operational data for reporting, research, grants, and executive requests. • Develop and maintain automated SQL processes, scheduled database jobs, and recurring data refreshes. • Troubleshoot SQL scripts, automated jobs, and data quality issues. • Create efficient, reusable, and well-documented SQL code. • Support recurring operational reports, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), legislative reporting, and research initiatives. • Collaborate with business users to understand reporting needs and communicate analytical findings. • Support Tableau dashboards and other data visualization initiatives as needed. Qualifications • Oracle SQL development against transactional databases • Writing complex SQL (joins, CTEs, subqueries, CASE, aggregate and analytic functions) • Normalized relational database design and table relationships • Oracle PL/SQL (procedures, functions, packages, views) • SQL job scheduling and automated database processes • SQL troubleshooting, query optimization, and data validation • Translating business requirements into SQL solutions • Operational reporting and data analysis • Tableau or other data visualization software • Criminal justice or other large transactional database environments • Experience developing SQL from scratch rather than primarily working with data warehouses, semantic models, or pre-built Business Intelligence datasets. Benefits Healthcare Insurance: Synectics offers eligible employees and their dependents healthcare coverage through BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics. Premiums are subsidized by Synectics. Dental Insurance: Synectics offers eligible employees and their dependents a dental plan through MetLife. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics. Vision Insurance: Synectics offers eligible employees vision insurance through VSP. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics. 401(k) Plan: The Synectics Inc. Investment Savings Retirement Plan. Synectics offers all employees who are 21 years of age or older the opportunity to invest in the 401(k) Plan on the first of the month following at least 1 calendar year after employment begins. Synectics is an equal opportunity employer.