Job Title: Database Developer Location: Atlanta, GA (Hybrid 2-3 days in a week) Employment Type: Contract opportunity Experience: 10+ years Public Sector experience or Security Clearance Job Description: Position Summary: The Department of Education (DOE) is seeking a skilled Database Developer to support our data warehousing and business intelligence initiatives. The successful candidate will collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business needs into robust data solutions, including data analysis, data integration, and the development of high-performance data pipelines and database structures. The role will focus on enhancing data quality, optimizing performance, and enabling data-driven decision-making across the organization. Responsibilities: • Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business use cases and translate them into data integration routines involving extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) across multiple systems. • Identify and document data sources, data flows, and develop comprehensive source-to-target mappings. • Partner with Data Architects to recommend optimal data models for ingestion and support BI Developers in designing analytic reports. • Design, implement, and maintain database structures (tables, views, indexes, etc.), ensuring security and performance optimization. • Guide team members in developing database applications both on-premises and in cloud environments. • Work closely with data stewards, owners, and domain experts to ensure best practices in data integrity, validation, and documentation. • Optimize data warehouse performance through advanced tuning and parallel processing techniques. • Support governance processes to ensure accuracy and consistency of educational metadata in BI systems. • Monitor and ensure data quality using audit controls and proactive cleansing techniques. • Perform regular integrity checks, manage deployments, and coordinate releases. • Use version control tools like GitHub and CI/CD pipelines for code management and deployments. • Provide on-call support for critical after-hours issues when required. Required Qualifications: • Minimum 5 years of experience in Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence. • At least 3 years of hands-on experience in Microsoft SQL Server, with expert-level proficiency in T-SQL. • Minimum 5 years of experience with SSIS and development of complex Stored Procedures. • 2+ years of experience using Power BI for creating dashboards and reports. • Proven ability to ingest and aggregate data from diverse internal and external sources into a centralized warehouse. • Strong understanding of data modeling including conceptual, logical, and physical designs. • Deep expertise in relational database concepts and SQL programming. • Experience mentoring junior developers or team members. • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail. • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, or a related field. Preferred Qualifications: • 1-2 years of experience with Azure Synapse Analytics (Data Warehouse). • Familiarity with Azure Data Factory, SQL VMs, and Data Lake environments for ETL processes. • Experience building cloud-based solutions and supporting hybrid architecture models. Warm Regards, D: (289) 633-4046 wariya.siraj@vlinkinfo.com